249479 Strategies for Enumerating the Public Health Workforce

Monday, October 31, 2011: 2:30 PM

Matthew Boulton, MD, MPH , Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
Angela J. Beck, MPH, CHES , Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
  
     
The University of Michigan School of Public Health established the Center of Excellence in Public Health Workforce Studies (CEPHS) in 2009 with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through a cooperative agreement with the Public Health Foundation. In partnership with the Center of Excellence in Public Health Workforce Research and Policy at the University of Kentucky, CEPHS has developed methods for enumerating the public health workforce using secondary data supplemented by primary data collection for specific segments of the public health workforce.

This presentation will highlight the importance of developing a systematic strategy for enumerating the workforce; discuss the strengths and weaknesses of various data collection methods; and describe existing data sources that may be used for a national workforce enumeration. Additionally, findings of workforce surveys conducted by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and the Association of Public Health Laboratories in partnership with CEPHS that profile the size and composition of the national epidemiology and public health laboratory workforces will be summarized.

Learning Areas:
Public health administration or related administration

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe methods for enumerating the national public health workforce 2. Discuss strengths and weaknesses of data sources currently available for public health workforce enumeration 3. Describe the national epidemiology and public health laboratory workforces

Keywords: Workforce, Public Health Infrastructure

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I serve as Research Area Specialist Senior for the Center of Excellence in Public Health Workforce Studies and am responsible for analyzing data sources that could potentially be useful for a public health workforce enumeration.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

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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