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. 2025 Feb 27:70:1608006.
doi: 10.3389/ijph.2025.1608006. eCollection 2025.

Public Health Workforce Professional Development Analysis: A Human-Systems Integration for Healthy Communities

Bashkin Osnat  1 , Baron-Epel Orna  2 , Bochenek Tomasz  3 , Czabanowska Kasia  4 , Davidovitch Nadav  5   6   7 , De Nooijer Jascha  4 , Dopelt Keren  5 , Duplaga Mariusz  3 , Harrington Janas  8 , Leighton Lore  7 , Levine Hagai  6 , MacLeod Fiona  8 , Malowany Maureen  9 , Mor Zohar  1 , Neumark Yehuda  9 , Okenwa-Emegwa Leah  10 , Otok Robert  7 , Paillard-Borg Stephanie  10 , Peled-Raz Maya  2 , Tulchinsky Theodore  1 , Zelber-Sagi Shira  2 , Barach Paul  11   12   13
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Public Health Workforce Professional Development Analysis: A Human-Systems Integration for Healthy Communities

Bashkin Osnat et al. Int J Public Health. .

Abstract

Objectives: The healthcare landscape is challenged by emerging and severe public health threats, and fast shifting priorities. There is an urgent need to build public health workforce capacity to enable rapid adaptation and effective responses to these threats. We outline a whole system's learning approach for analyzing public health systems in collaboration with public health leaders.

Methods: The project included: i) a system's analysis involving a cross-sectional mixed methods approach including a quantitative investigation, interviews and focus groups of leading representatives and students from five higher education institutions providing public health training, 49 managers, and 31 stakeholders from lead public health organizations; ii) develop and implement training interventions, involving human factors tools for evaluating and developing actionable solutions.

Results: We developed and implemented three interventions: 1) An online user interface for public health professional development and collaboration; 2) A Public Health Leadership Academy; and 3) A video outreach to key stakeholders and communities using studies.

Conclusion: A holistic perspective incorporating human factors, and a systems approach provided a comprehensive understanding and approch towards the public health workforce while identifying leverage points for durable improvement.

Keywords: education; human factors; organizational factors; public health workforce development; training.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they do not have any conflicts of interest.

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The SEEEPHI project logic model (Israel, 2024). SEEEPHI, Sharing European Educational Experience in Public Health for Israel; PH, public Health.
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Project SEEEPHI key outputs (Israel, 2024).
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A human factors system-based pedagogical approach to Public Health curriculum design (Israel, 2024).
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