Advancing public health workforce's professional development: implications for Ukraine.

ABSTRACT: Despite many challenges, Ukraine has prioritized the need to develop and professionalize the public health workforce (PHWf) to respond to its transitioning public health (PH) system. This study explores how various PH stakeholders can develop and advance the PHWf professionalization programme in Ukraine using the WHO-ASPHER Roadmap to Professionalize the PHWf in the European region as the theoretical foundation. A mixed-methods qualitative approach was used to (i) document analysis of Ukrainian policy and regulatory documents related to PHWf and (ii) qualitative survey research involving relevant PH stakeholders. Directed and conventional content analysis was applied to analyse data. The document analysis reviews key areas as LoPHS, PH higher education, and continuous professional developm

SUBMITTER: Gershuni O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12707465 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature