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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
J. Jackson Barnette, PhD, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, 2811 Steindler Building, Iowa City, IA 52242, 319 335 8905, jack-barnette@uiowa.edu
A survey was developed and administered by a relatively new college of public health to samples of public health workforce located in local health departments, state department of public health, and hospitals in a Midwestern state. Of the 396 surveys returned, 294 or 74% of the respondents indicated it was likely that they would take courses or degrees. The MPH was the highest degree of interest (62%) with particular interest in MPH degrees focusing on: community and behavioral health (30%), health communication (22%), policy and planning (21%). Course topics with the greatest interest were: health promotion (53%), community health interventions (49%), health communication (44%), epidemiology (40%), and health care management and policy (40%). The highest motivators for taking courses were: ability to take courses without interfering with job (88%) and tuition funding support for taking courses (85%) and the highest barriers were: courses not being offered in convenient locations (69%), lack of financial resources to support taking courses (65%), and lack of time due to job commitments (63%). The three most preferred modes of course delivery were: asynchronous web-based (70%), interactive video in after work hours (65%), and correspondence (64%). There were significant differences among different groups representing locations and positions on many of these variables. These will be presented.
Learning Objectives: Session participants will
Keywords: Workforce, Education
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.