BACKGROUND Public health workforce planning and policy development require adequate data on the public health workforce and the services provided. If existing data sources do not contain the necessary information, or apply to part of the workforce only, primary data collection is required. The aim of this study was to develop a strategy to enumerate and characterize the public health workforce ...

The development and implementation of an evidence-based approach to health workforce planning is a necessary step to achieve access to best practice chronic disease management. In its absence, the widely reported failure in implementation of clinical best practice guidelines is almost certain to continue. This paper describes a demand model to estimate the community-based primary care health wo...

This article provides a snapshot of the legislative framework for, and ministries agencies involved in or with influence over, theeducation health disability workforce, including examples disconnection between wider education sectors.Particular challenges occur professional regulators, providers clinical (placement) because their respective areas expertise tend to be siloed, thus reducing capac...

In September 2009, the Board of Directors of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) approved the creation of the ADEA Task Force on the Education of Oral Health Professionals in Emerging Workforce Models. Its charge was to “enunciate a set of principles to guide the educational preparation of oral health professionals in emerging workforce models.” ADEA believes that its role, in coll...