Examining Training Motivations Among Public Health Workers.

ABSTRACT:

Context

As public health needs and priorities evolve, maintaining a trained public health workforce is critical to the success of public health efforts. Researchers have examined training needs in various contexts and subpopulations, but a nationally representative study of what motivates public health workers to seek out training has yet to be conducted. By understanding these motivations, public health agencies and policy makers can appeal to worker motivations in both training programs and organizational incentives.

Objective

The purpose of this article was to describe overall training motivations and identify patterns of training motivations among public health workers. This study also explored whether or not training needs differ across prevalent motivational patterns.<

SUBMITTER: Apathy NC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6519888 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar/Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature