Reconciling Supply and Demand for State and Local Public Health Staff in an Era of Retiring Baby Boomers
Reconciling Supply and Demand for State and Local Public Health Staff in an Era of Retiring Baby Boomers
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DOI:
10.1016/j.amepre.2017.10.026
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发表时间:
2018-03-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Harper, Elizabeth
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作者:
Leider, Jonathon P.;Coronado, Fatima;Harper, Elizabeth
Introduction: The purpose of this study is to reconcile public health workforce supply and demand data to understand whether the expected influx of public health graduates can meet turnover events.Methods: Four large public health workforce data sources were analyzed to establish measures of workforce demand, voluntary separations, and workforce employees likely to retire at state and local health departments. Data were collected in 2014-2016 and analyzed in 2016 and 2017. Potential workforce supply (i.e., candidates with formal public health training) was assessed by analyzing data on public health graduates. Supply and demand data were reconciled to identify potential gaps in the public health workforce.Results: At the state and local level, congruent to 197,000 staff are employed in health departments. This is down more than 50,000 from 2008. In total, >= 65,000 staff will leave their organizations during fiscal years 2016-2020, with