Readying the Applied Epidemiology Workforce for Emerging Areas of Public Health Practice.

Elizabeth R Daly, Jessica Arrazola, Karl Umble
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Context: Epidemiologists are key professionals within the public health workforce. As the role of public health agencies changes over time, epidemiologists will need to adapt and develop new skill sets to work in emerging areas of (public health) practice (EAoPs), which are areas of practice that are new or are growing in interest and use.

Objective: This mixed-methods research study sought to explore the role and readiness of state health department epidemiologists in the United States to work in EAoPs.

Design: Three phases of data collection and analysis were conducted including secondary analysis of the Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey, a survey of the designated state epidemiologist in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and focus groups with early-, mid-, and senior-career epidemiologists working in state health departments.

Setting: Fifty state health departments and the District of Columbia.

Participants: Epidemiologists working in state health departments.

Main outcome measures: Identification of EAoPs relevant to epidemiologists, the role of epidemiologists in these EAoPs, and readiness of epidemiologists to work in EAoPs.

Results: Participant state health department epidemiologists indicated that the studied EAoPs were important to their work and that epidemiologists have some role in them. Key facilitators identified to working in EAoPs included supportive organizational strategy and leadership, dedicated time for training and work, cross-training across programs, and the development of crosscutting skills.

Conclusions: There is much opportunity for epidemiologists to be more engaged in current EAoPs. Not only can epidemiologists supply relevant data but they can also bring skills and expertise to help improve the overall success of population health improvement work. Workforce development strategies should be implemented to ensure a nimble epidemiology workforce that can readily adapt to the needs of future public health practice.

为公共卫生实践的新兴领域准备应用流行病学工作人员。
背景:流行病学家是公共卫生工作人员中的关键专业人员。随着时间的推移,公共卫生机构的作用发生了变化,流行病学家将需要适应和发展新的技能,以便在新兴的(公共卫生)实践领域(EAoPs)中工作,这些领域是新的或在兴趣和使用方面不断增长的实践领域。目的:本混合方法研究旨在探讨美国州卫生部门流行病学家在EAoPs工作中的作用和准备情况。设计:进行了三个阶段的数据收集和分析,包括对公共卫生工作人员兴趣和需求调查的二次分析,对所有50个州和哥伦比亚特区指定的州流行病学家的调查,以及对在州卫生部门工作的早期、中期和高级职业流行病学家的焦点小组。环境:50个州的卫生部门和哥伦比亚特区。参与者:在州卫生部门工作的流行病学家。主要结果测量:确定与流行病学家相关的EAoPs,流行病学家在这些EAoPs中的作用,以及流行病学家在EAoPs中工作的准备情况。结果:参与调查的州卫生部门流行病学家表示,所研究的EAoPs对他们的工作很重要,流行病学家在其中发挥了一定的作用。确定在EAoPs中工作的关键促进因素包括支持性组织战略和领导,专门用于培训和工作的时间,跨项目的交叉培训以及横切技能的开发。结论:流行病学家有更多的机会参与当前的EAoPs。流行病学家不仅可以提供相关数据,而且还可以带来技能和专门知识,以帮助改善人口健康工作的总体成功。应实施工作人员发展战略,以确保一支灵活的流行病学工作人员队伍,能够随时适应未来公共卫生实践的需要。
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