 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
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| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Mitchel A Rosen, MS, School of Public Health - Office of Public Health Practice, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 317 George Street, Suite 203, Piscataway, NJ 08901, 7322359452, mrosen@umdnj.edu, Marita K. Murrman, EdD, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, SPH/722 West 168 Street, Room 914, New York, NY 10032, Carol D. Young, PhD, Director of Continuing Education, University at Albany School of Public Health, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144-3456, Kristine Gebbie, DrPH, RN, School of Nursing, Columbia University, Center for Health Policy, 630 West 168 Street, GB 250, New York City, NY 10032, and Audrey Gotsch, DrPH, CHES, Dean, UMDNJ School of Public Health, 335 George Street, Liberty Plaza, Suite 2200, PO Box 2688, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-2688.
The New York and New Jersey Public Health Training Center has developed and implemented a needs assessment of the public health workforce in New York and New Jersey. The needs assessment, based upon the essential services of public health, was distributed to over 2000 professional public health workers. The survey identified whether the competencies within each essential service was necessary for their position, if they are confident in their ability to perform that competency, and the level of training needed to be able to perform that competency. Results of the needs assessment, and the development of an educational plan for the region will be discussed. Lessons learned from the experiences with implementing surveys with several practice partners will be discussed. Additionally, this presentation will identify the relationships established between the academic (three Schools of Public Health) and practice partners (two state Departments of Health, one large city health department, and many county and local health departments), to enable the Center to achieve its goals.
Learning Objectives:
Keywords: Public Health Infrastructure, Needs Assessment
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.