New WHO Priorities in the European Region and Health Workforce Competencies: A Rapid Assessment of Capacities and Gaps in Public Health Competencies Frameworks.

IF 1.9 4区医学 Q3 HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES

International Journal of Health Planning and Management Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI:10.1002/hpm.3934

Ellen Kuhlmann, Katarzyna Czabanowska, Monica Georgina Brînzac, Emilia Aragón de León, Michelle Falkenbach, Marius-Ionut Ungureanu, Matthias Wismar, Tomas Zapata, Tiago Correia

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The 74th WHO Europe Regional Committee introduced a set of health priorities comprising core areas of public health and expanded tasks to respond to multiple crises and emergent needs of populations and health systems. No systematic procedure of competencies development and routine review has been established to align changing health policy priorities and workforce. We argue for a transformative approach to competencies development from theoretical constructs to actionable pathways. A rapid qualitative assessment of three of the most relevant public health workforce competencies frameworks in the WHO European region was undertaken using selected priorities and the public health workforce as cases. The results highlight that existing competencies frameworks provide some helpful guidance, but gaps exist in specific and generic competencies and leadership. Further research and policy are needed, calling European and national policymakers to action to invest in public health competencies development to respond to evolving priorities.

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世卫组织在欧洲区域的新重点和卫生人力能力：快速评估公共卫生能力框架的能力和差距。

世卫组织欧洲区域委员会第74届会议提出了一套卫生优先事项，包括公共卫生的核心领域，并扩大了任务，以应对多重危机以及人口和卫生系统的紧急需求。没有建立能力发展和例行审查的系统程序，以使不断变化的卫生政策重点和工作队伍保持一致。我们主张从理论构建到可操作途径的能力发展变革方法。以选定的优先事项和公共卫生人力为例，对世卫组织欧洲区域三个最相关的公共卫生人力能力框架进行了快速定性评估。结果强调，现有的能力框架提供了一些有用的指导，但在具体和一般能力和领导方面存在差距。需要进一步的研究和政策，呼吁欧洲和各国决策者采取行动，投资于公共卫生能力发展，以应对不断变化的优先事项。

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International Journal of Health Planning and Management Multiple-

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4.50

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3.70%

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197

期刊介绍： Policy making and implementation, planning and management are widely recognized as central to effective health systems and services and to better health. Globalization, and the economic circumstances facing groups of countries worldwide, meanwhile present a great challenge for health planning and management. The aim of this quarterly journal is to offer a forum for publications which direct attention to major issues in health policy, planning and management. The intention is to maintain a balance between theory and practice, from a variety of disciplines, fields and perspectives. The Journal is explicitly international and multidisciplinary in scope and appeal: articles about policy, planning and management in countries at various stages of political, social, cultural and economic development are welcomed, as are those directed at the different levels (national, regional, local) of the health sector. Manuscripts are invited from a spectrum of different disciplines e.g., (the social sciences, management and medicine) as long as they advance our knowledge and understanding of the health sector. The Journal is therefore global, and eclectic.