A Systematic Review on Professional Regulation and Credentialing of Public Health Workforce.

ABSTRACT: The public health workforce (PHW) counts a great variety of professionals, and how services are delivered differs in every country. The complexity and the diversity of PHW professions also reflect structural problems of supply and demand of PHW in various organizations and health care systems. Therefore, credentialing, regulation, and formal recognition are essential for a competent and responsive PHW to address public health challenges. To ensure comparability of the credentialing and regulation systems for the PHW and to enable its collective action at the macro level in the event of a health crisis, we systematically analyzed documented evidence on the PHW. A systematic review was selected to answer the research questions: (1) what are the most effective aspects and characteristics in i

SUBMITTER: Gershuni O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10002239 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature