Equipping the Public Health Workforce of the Future: Evaluation of An Evidence-Based Public Health Training Delivered Through Academic-Health Department Partnerships.

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• Alternative Title:
  Journal of Public Health Management and Practice: JPHMP, 2025, v. 31, no. 1: Equipping the Public Health Workforce of the Future: Evaluation of An Evidence-Based Public Health Training Delivered Through Academic-Health Department Partnerships.
• Journal Article:
  Journal of Public Health Management and Practice: JPHMP
• Personal Author:
  Mazzucca-Ragan, Stephanie ; Brownson, Carol A. ; Crouch, Maurine M. ; Davis, Sarah ; Duffany, Kathleen O. ; Erwin, Paul C. ; Leiferman, Jenn A. ; McCormick, Lisa C. ; Walker, Jeffery T. ; Brownson, Ross C.
• Description:
  Maintaining a skilled public health workforce is essential but challenging given high turnover and that few staff hold a public health degree. Situating workforce development within existing structures leverages the strengths of different organizations and can build relationships to address public health challenges and health equity. We implemented and evaluated an innovative, sustainable model to deliver an established evidence-based public health (EBPH) training collaboratively among Prevention Research Centers (PRC), local and state health departments, and Public Health Training Centers (PHTC).
  
  Quantitative data: quasi-experimental, 1-group pre-post. Qualitative data: cross-sectional. Data were collected between December 2021 and August 2022.
  
  Four US sites, each a partnership between a PRC, local or state health department, and a PHTC.
  
  Governmental public health staff and representatives from other organizations that implement public health programs in practice settings.
  
  Course participants completed a pre- and postcourse survey self-rating 14 skills on a 5-point Likert scale. Differences were analyzed using mixed effects linear models. In-depth interviews (n = 15) were conducted with course faculty and partners to understand: (1) resources contributed, (2) barriers and facilitators, (3) benefits and challenges, and (4) resources needed to sustain this model. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, and a thematic analysis identified themes.
  
  Statistically significant increases in all skills were observed from pre- to postcourse (n = 241 at post, 90% response). The skills with the largest increases were understanding economic evaluation enough to inform decision-making (mean change = 1.22, standard error SE = 0.05) and developing an action plan (mean change = 1.07, SE = 0.07). Facilitators to delivering the course included having a shared goal of workforce development, existing course curricula, and dedicated funding for delivering the course.
  
  Collaborative delivery of the EBPH training can ameliorate the effects of high staff turnover, strengthen academic-practice relationships, and promote population-wide health and health equity.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Humans
  • Public Health
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Qualitative Research
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Workforce
  • Health Workforce
• Keywords:
  • capacity building
  • chronic Disease
  • population health
  • public health education
  • public health practice
  • scale-up
• Source:
  Journal of Public Health Management and Practice: JPHMP, 2025, v. 31, no. 1
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001985
• ISSN:
  1078-4659 ; 1550-5022
• Pubmed ID:
  39121436
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11925482
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  P30 DK092950/DK/NIDDK NIH HHSUnited States/ ; P50 CA244431/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP006404/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP006399/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP006395/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP006380/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R37 CA262011/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  51-60 (17 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  31
• Issue:
  1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/262058/cdc_262058_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 654.60 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d3255e20d6932f75a34f7a2ed27ecac0b8ba7f65e72f04c2c0f0d19fd4b37052dcff774dca130f34add58baa05d54053eca544b966aae04e8b4c4350d7314bb8