On the Road to a Stronger Public Health Workforce Visual Tools to Address Complex Challenges

被引:26
作者
Drehobl, Patricia [1 ]
Stover, Beth H. [1 ]
Koo, Denise [2 ]
机构
[1] CDC, Ctr Surveillance Epidemiol & Lab Serv, Div Sci Educ & Profess Dev, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
[2] CDC, Off Publ Hlth Sci Serv, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
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10.1016/j.amepre.2014.07.013
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
The public health workforce is vital to protecting the health and safety of the public, yet for years, state and local governmental public health agencies have reported substantial workforce losses and other challenges to the workforce that threaten the public's health. These challenges are complex, often involve multiple influencing or related causal factors, and demand comprehensive solutions. However, proposed solutions often focus on selected factors and might be fragmented rather than comprehensive. This paper describes approaches to characterizing the situation more comprehensively and includes two visual tools: (1) a fishbone, or Ishikawa, diagram that depicts multiple factors affecting the public health workforce; and (2) a roadmap that displays key elements goals and strategies to strengthen the public health workforce, thus moving from the problems depicted in the fishbone toward solutions. The visual tools aid thinking about ways to strengthen the public health workforce through collective solutions and to help leverage resources and build on each other's work. The strategic roadmap is intended to serve as a dynamic tool for partnership, prioritization, and gap assessment. These tools reflect and support CDC's commitment to working with partners on the highest priorities for strengthening the workforce to improve the public's health. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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