Developing Workforce Capacity in Public Health Informatics: Core Competencies and Curriculum Design

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• Personal Author:
  Hedberg C ; Kenyon C ; Kreiger R ; LaVenture M ; Rajamani S ; Wholey DR
• Description:
  We describe a master's level public health informatics (PHI) curriculum to support workforce development. Public health decision-making requires intensive information management to organize responses to health threats and develop effective health education and promotion. PHI competencies prepare the public health workforce to design and implement these information systems. The objective for a Master's and Certificate in PHI is to prepare public health informaticians with the competencies to work collaboratively with colleagues in public health and other health professions to design and develop information systems that support population health improvement. The PHI competencies are drawn from computer, information, and organizational sciences. A curriculum is proposed to deliver the competencies and result of a pilot PHI program is presented. Since the public health workforce needs to use information technology effectively to improve population health, it is essential for public health academic institutions to develop and implement PHI workforce training programs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Health Promotion Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Public Health Informatics Curriculum Development Health Promotion Information Systems Public Health Public Health Practice Public Health Workforce Systems Analysis Systems Design Workforce Development
• ISSN:
  2296-2565
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064248
• Citation:
  Front Public Health 2018 May; 6:124
• Contact Point Address:
  Douglas R. Wholey, Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
• Email:
  whole001@umn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Frontiers in Public Health
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222747/cdc_222747_DS1.pdf
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