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. 2012 Mar;102(3):469-74.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300388. Epub 2012 Jan 19.

Enumeration and composition of the public health workforce: challenges and strategies

Ciro V Sumaya  1
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Enumeration and composition of the public health workforce: challenges and strategies

Ciro V Sumaya. Am J Public Health. 2012 Mar.

Abstract

The field of public health needs a comprehensive classification data system that provides a better assessment of the size and composition of its workforce. Such a data system is necessary for understanding the capacity, trend projections, and policy development critical to the future workforce. Previous enumeration and composition studies on the public health workforce have been helpful, but the methodology used needs further improvements in standardization, specificity, data storage, and data availability. Resolving this issue should follow a consensus-based course of action that includes public and private stakeholders at the national, state, and local level. This prime issue should be addressed now, particularly in the current environment of comprehensive health care reform.

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