Succession Planning in State Health Agencies in the United States: A Brief Report

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• Alternative Title:
  J Public Health Manag Pract
• Personal Author:
  Harper, Elizabeth ; Leider, Jonathon P. ; Coronado, Fatima ; Beck, Angela J.
• Description:
  Objective:
  
  Approximately 25% of the public health workforce plans to retire by 2020. Succession planning is a core capability of the governmental public health enterprise; however, limited data are available regarding these efforts in state health agencies (SHAs).
  
  Methods:
  
  We analyzed 2016 Workforce Gaps Survey data regarding succession planning in SHAs using the US Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM’s) succession planning model, including 6 domains and 27 activities. Descriptive statistics were calculated for all 41 responding SHAs.
  
  Results:
  
  On average, SHAs self-reported adequately addressing 11 of 27 succession planning activities, with 93% of SHAs adequately addressing 1 or more activities and 61% adequately addressing 1 or more activities in each domain.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  The majority of OPM-recommended succession planning activities are not being addressed, and limited succession planning occurs across SHAs. Greater activity in the OPM-identified succession planning domains may help SHAs contend with significant turnover and better preserve institutional knowledge.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Article Humans Personnel Turnover Public Health Public Health Practice Retirement State Health Agencies State Health Planning And Development Agencies Succession Planning Surveys And Questionnaires Turnover United States Workforce

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• Source:
  J Public Health Manag Pract. 24(5):473-478
• Pubmed ID:
  29112036
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6944185
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHS/United States ; U38 OT000161/OT/OSTLTS CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:033ceb7c7b74ae9382a77168c69ce0b2245e71ff5220b1c82f18b5a109e1ab8e
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/84051/cdc_84051_DS1.pdf
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