The Public Health Workforce Taxonomy: Revisions and Recommendations for Implementation.

ABSTRACT: Public health workforce size and composition have been difficult to accurately determine because of the wide variety of methods used to define job title terms, occupational categories, and worker characteristics. In 2014, a preliminary consensus-based public health workforce taxonomy was published to standardize the manner in which workforce data are collected and analyzed by outlining uniform categories and terms. We summarize development of the taxonomy's 2017 iteration and provide guidelines for its implementation in public health workforce development efforts. To validate its utility, the 2014 taxonomy was pilot tested through quantitative and qualitative methods to determine whether further refinements were necessary. Pilot test findings were synthesized, themed by axis, and presented

SUBMITTER: Beck AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5932291 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep/Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature