Surging the public health workforce : lessons learned from the COVID-19 response at state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies / Katie Morrison Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Katie Morrison, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health administration.

Health Workforce.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 PDF file (viii, 32 pages)) : illustrations

Other Title:

Surging the public health workforce

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 2023.

Summary:

To identify lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation contracted with Mathematica to examine (1) the size and composition of the public health workforce at state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) public health agencies before and during the pandemic, (2) strategies and supports used by STLT public health agencies to surge the governmental public health workforce during the pandemic, and (3) lessons learned and recommendations for directing investments in the STLT public health workforce to prepare for future pandemics. Mathematica conducted a targeted literature scan focused on quantitative data on the STLT public health workforce and 27 semistructured key informant interviews with state and local health officials, federal government officials, and other workforce experts involved directly or indirectly in surge staffing. In this white paper, we summarize findings across the literature and interview data.

Contents:

Abbreviations

Executive Summary

I. Overview

II. The Status of the Public Health Workforce

II.1. Data sources describing the STLT public health workforce

II.2. The public health workforce before the COVID-19 pandemic

II.3. Changes to the public health workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic

III. Strategies and Supports to Surge the Workforce

III.1. Surge strategies used during the COVID-19 pandemic

III.2. Surge supports that STLT public health agencies used during the COVID-19 pandemic

III.3. Key takeaways from surging and supporting the public health workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic

IV. Lessons Learned and Recommendations

References

Appendix A. Research Questions

Appendix B. Methods

Appendix C. Summary Tables.

Notes:

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