Thoroughly characterizing and continuously monitoring the public health workforce is necessary for ensuring capacity to deliver public health services. A prerequisite for this is to develop a standardized methodology for classifying public health workers, permitting valid comparisons across agencies and over time, which does not exist for the public health workforce. An expert working group, al...

OBJECTIVE This paper describes a conceptual framework and associated intelligence requirements for problem-based workforce development for public health nutrition. METHODS A conceptual framework for public health nutrition workforce development was constructed based on a review of the literature and consideration of the intelligence needs to inform workforce development planning. RESULTS A ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Workforce and Career Development is committed to developing a competent, sustainable, and diverse public health workforce through evidence-based training, career and leadership development, and strategic workforce planning to improve population health outcomes. This article reviews the previous efforts in identifying priorities of public ...

this brief discusses the policy implications of a research study commissioned by health workforce australia (hwa) within its health workforce innovation and reform work program. the project explored conceptually complex and operationally problematic concepts related to developing a whole-of-workforce competency-based education and training and competency-based career framework for the australia...

Workforce development stands out as a neglected focus of scholarship in the field of public health nutrition. So much so that it undermines the development of public health nutrition as a field of practice and professional activity, and ultimately limits the effectiveness of effort applied in this arena. This editorial challenges readers to consider and address ten key challenges (under the sub...

BACKGROUND Public health workforce planning and policy development require adequate data on the public health workforce and the services provided. If existing data sources do not contain the necessary information, or apply to part of the workforce only, primary data collection is required. The aim of this study was to develop a strategy to enumerate and characterize the public health workforce ...

public health management is a pillar of public health practice. only through effective management can research, theory, and scientific innovation be translated into successful public health action. with this in mind, the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) has developed an innovative program called improving public health management for action (impact) which aims to address th...