Abstract
The public health workforce broadly-across disciplines, tiers, and settings-requires strategic skills to advance population health outcomes. In early 2020, the Region V Public Health Training Center conducted a competency-based training needs assessment survey with all 501 local health departments in the 6-state region, including small agencies that were previously excluded from available national data sources. Health officials or designees from 290 agencies responded (58% response rate) with perspectives regarding the ability of their staff to sufficiently apply strategic skills. Findings highlight training needs among the region's local governmental public health workforce and differences in those needs by the size of population served by the agency. Notable training priorities include the skill domains of Budgeting & Financial Management and Change Management, among others.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | E619-E623 |
| Journal | Journal of Public Health Management and Practice |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The Region V Public Health Training Center is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant no. UB6HP31684 Public Health Training Centers ($924 899). This information or content and conclusions are those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS, or the US government.
Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords
- Local health department
- Strategic skills
- Training needs assessment
- Workforce development
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article
