Regional Training Needs Assessment: A First Look at High-Priority Training Needs Across the United States by Region.

ABSTRACT: CONTEXT:Although core scientific skills remain a priority to public health, preventing and responding to today's leading causes of death require the workforce to build additional strategic skills to impact the social, community-based, and economic determinants of health. The 2017 Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey allows novel regional analysis of training needs, both individually and across 8 strategic skill domains. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this article is to describe the training needs of public health staff nationally, across the 10 Department of Health and Human Services Regions. DESIGN:The Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey was a Web-based survey fielded to 100 000 staff nationwide across 2 major frames: state health agency-central office and local hea

SUBMITTER: McKeever J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6519876 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar/Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature