National institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NiMHD). The project aims to improve evidence and the use of data that will help universities enhance and expand a culturally sensitive, diverse and prepared health workforce that will improve health and health equity in underserved urban communities. The Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) is a president-led organization co...

These competency guidelines outline the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for public health laboratory (PHL) professionals to deliver the core services of PHLs efficiently and effectively. As part of a 2-year workforce project sponsored in 2012 by CDC and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), competencies for 15 domain areas were developed by experts representing state ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this research is to use the Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey to assess in greater detail state injury prevention staff perceptions of policy development and related skills and their awareness and perception of "Health in All Policies" (HiAP). DESIGN The Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey gauged public health practitioners' perspective...

This study of personnel in local health departments (LHDs) focused on two predominantly rural states: Idaho and Wyoming. Although in the same region of the country, the structure of local public health is different in each state. Idaho's regionalized LHDs are relatively autonomous, whereas Wyoming's are county based, with many public health functions retained at the state level. The majority of...

Those of you reading this might be on your way to Brazil for the World Nutrition Rio 2012 congress, or you may already be there. How lucky we are that we have this opportunity to travel and collaborate with colleagues world wide! For those of you who cannot afford the travel, the material presented at the conference will be made available online at http://www.worldnutritionrio2012.com, and mayb...

The Wisconsin Division of Public Health (DPH) and its partners have developed the necessary public health infrastructure and core expertise to prepare for, and respond to, public health threats and emergencies. The infrastructure includes 12 public health preparedness consortia that have been established across the state. An important part of the response plan is to assure that the responder wo...

INTRODUCTION Integrated care interventions introduced in response to the increased demand for long-term care entail profound changes to the health workforce. This exploratory study aims to provide an overview of the workforce changes implemented as part of integrated chronic care interventions. METHODS An interactive and emergent research design was used consisting of a literature review, qua...

1 Division of Public Health Systems and Workforce Development, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, 2 Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, 3 Global Immunization Division, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, At...

OBJECTIVE To test the feasibility of a pan-European professional recognition system for public health nutrition. DESIGN A multistage consultation process was used to test the feasibility of a model system for public health nutritionist certification. A review of existing national-level systems for professional quality assurance was conducted via literature review and a web-based search, follo...