Composition of the Public Health Workforce: Distribution, Training, and Tenure.

IF 2.2 4区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-04 DOI:10.1097/PHH.0000000000002115

Casey P Balio, Haleigh Leslie, Michael B Meit

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Abstract

Objective: Describe the public health and job experience of the local public health workforce at the agency level and based on the characteristics of the jurisdictions they serve.

Design: Cross-sectional design of US public health workforce at the agency level using 2019 National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Profile and 2021 Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PH WINS) data.

Setting: Local health departments across the United States.

Participants: The sample comprised 248 Local Health Departments (LHDs).

Main outcome measures: The percent of the workforce with formal training in public health, percent of the workforce that identifies as women, percent of the workforce with 6 or more years of experience in public health practice, and percent of the workforce with 6 or more years of experience in their current agency.

Results: Rural-serving LHDs had a greater staffing proportion of women, less formal public health training, and a smaller proportion of staff with 6 or more years of public health practice experience. Gender identity and formal public health training of the top executive of the LHD are correlated with staffing proportions on these measures.

Conclusions: The local public health workforce composition varies by geography, agency characteristics, and characteristics of the jurisdiction served. Rurality and characteristics of the top executive of the LHD are correlated with the composition of the public health workforce.

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公共卫生工作人员的组成：分布、培训和任期。

目的：根据他们所服务的司法管辖区的特点，描述机构一级当地公共卫生工作人员的公共卫生和工作经验。设计：利用2019年全国县和市卫生官员协会（NACCHO）概况和2021年公共卫生工作者兴趣和需求调查（PH WINS）数据，对美国机构一级的公共卫生工作者进行横断面设计。地点：美国各地的地方卫生部门。参与者：样本包括248个地方卫生部门。主要成果衡量指标：接受过正式公共卫生培训的工作人员百分比、自认为是妇女的工作人员百分比、具有6年或6年以上公共卫生工作经验的工作人员百分比，以及在当前机构具有6年或6年以上工作经验的工作人员百分比。结果：农村服务的lhd人员中女性比例较高，正规公共卫生培训较少，具有6年或6年以上公共卫生实践经验的人员比例较小。性别认同和公共卫生高级管理人员的正式公共卫生培训与这些措施的人员配置比例相关。结论：地方公共卫生人员组成因地理位置、机构特征和所服务司法管辖区特征而异。乡村性和LHD高层管理人员的特征与公共卫生工作人员的构成相关。

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Journal of Public Health Management and Practice PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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3.40

自引率

9.10%

发文量

287

期刊介绍： Journal of Public Health Management and Practice publishes articles which focus on evidence based public health practice and research. The journal is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed publication guided by a multidisciplinary editorial board of administrators, practitioners and scientists. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice publishes in a wide range of population health topics including research to practice; emergency preparedness; bioterrorism; infectious disease surveillance; environmental health; community health assessment, chronic disease prevention and health promotion, and academic-practice linkages.