Public Health Workforce Survey Data (2016–2021) Related to Employee Turnover: Proposed Methods for Harmonization and Triangulation

Public health workforce numbers are unsustainable at best and dire at worst: based on 2017 and 2019 data, 80,000 FTEs needed to be hired by health departments to provide basic public health foundational services before COVID-19 hit, suggesting that the situation is worse after the mass exodus of public health officials due to the pandemic.