The impact of the COVID-19 response on the provision of other public health services in the U.S.: A cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Funding and staff formerly dedicated to routine public health tasks (e.g., responding to communicable and non-communicable diseases, investigating foodborne outbreaks, conducting routine surveillance) and services (e.g., environmental health, substance abuse, maternal-child health) may no longer be available in many public health departments due to the COVID-19 response. The objective of this study was to assess the extent to which staffing for essential public health services has been redirected to the COVID-19 response.

Materials and methods

This is a cross-sectional study using a survey distributed through the Qualtrics platform. Individuals (N = 298) working in public health across governmental and academic public health departments in the U.S. during the on

SUBMITTER: Kintziger KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8516286 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature