167205 Recruitment and Retention: Are We Facing a Shortage?

Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 9:35 AM

Kaye Bender, RN, PHD, FAAN , Executive Director, Public Health Accreditation Board, Alexandria, VA
        
This presentation will provide an overview of the public health labor market and highlight strategies used in nursing as well as the 2003 Institute of Medicine report, The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century, to best address current and future workforce challenges that may impede our nation's ability to adequately protect and improve the health of all Americans.

Learning Objectives:
Discuss an overview of the state of recruitment and retention in public health and how best to address future challenges.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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