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Researchers Say That Money Alone Isn’t Enough To Overcome Public Health Workforce Woes
After years of underfunding and understaffing, public health agencies in Indiana and across the country now have billions of dollars dedicated to addressing workforce shortages — but experts warn the funds aren’t enough to overcome long-standing, systemic barriers.
ETSU leading effort to address health professional shortages, economic development in Appalachia
East Tennessee State University’s Center for Rural Health Research is leading an effort to address health care workforce challenges, foster economic development and promote regional prosperity in Central Appalachia...
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U.S. Health Departments Experience Workforce Shortages and Struggle to Reach Adequate Staffing Levels in Public Health
Gaps persist in hiring enough U.S. public health workers and health departments continue to face challenges in recruiting new employees...
Key Government Public Health Positions Pay Well Below Private Sector
Public sector salary inequalities could weaken preparedness for next pandemic.
Key Government Public Health Positions Pay Well Below Private Sector
Public sector salary inequalities could weaken preparedness for next pandemic.
University of Minnesota School of Public Health study listed as one of the most popular articles of 2023
In January, the highly-rated health policy journal Health Affairs named a paper from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) as one of its top-ten most popular articles from 2023. Coauthored by SPH Associate Professor and Director of SPH’s Center for Public Health Systems JP Leider...
Key Health Department Jobs Don’t Exist According to Federal Government
Several key public health occupations are lacking a Standard Occupational Classification code (SOC)...
How Health Departments Can Attract Public Health Workers
Health departments have a historic opportunity to bolster their workforce due to new funding. Yet they often do not have accurate or updated job descriptions or short, attention-grabbing job postings, to use as marketing tools for recruitment...
A Leader in Rural Health Research
East Tennessee State University continues to expand its long-standing presence as a leader in rural health research, earning millions of dollars in competitive grant awards and conducting research that impacts national, state, and Appalachian rural health issues...
U of M School of Public Health will lead a comprehensive analysis of the nation’s public health workforce
With funding from the Public Health Accreditation Board, researchers will conduct the first analysis of nation’s public health workforce since 2014.
Nearly half of all state and local public health employees left their jobs from 2017 to 2021
In a mass exodus accelerated by the pandemic, nearly half of all employees in state and local governmental public health agencies across the U.S. left their jobs between 2017 and 2021.
U.S. Senator Tina Smith Visits University of Minnesota School of Public Health to Discuss SPH’s National Leadership in Addressing the Public Health Workforce Shortage
Senator Smith told the group that she especially wanted to learn about the new Consortium for Workforce Research in Public Health (CWORPH). The unique collaboration, led by the SPH Center for Public Health Systems (CPHS), will address public health workforce challenges by conducting robust workforce...