Important things to know
Decades of underinvestment have undermined public health workforce-the first line of defense of America against epidemics of diseases and other health threats.
With a decrease in financing and hiring obstacles, health, local, tribal and territorial health levels are unable to recruit and retain qualified professionals.
175 million Americans
Live in communities that have experienced or reduce the financing of the local health service in 2019, which has an impact on half of the American population.
Narrowing staff and reduced capacity have led to
- Workers are not prepared to follow technological changes
- A lack of systems and data to assess and monitor the needs of the workforce
- Adding stress and professional work exhaustion among the existing staff
Reinforcement work capacity
THE Development division of labor (DWD) Provides leadership to trace a path to follow for the development of public health workforce on several levels. DWD initiates CDC programs and public health partners to share quality sciences, make data-oriented decisions and support the strategic development of labor.
Recruit: attract a qualified public health workforce
Training scholarships and opportunities
CDC offers many internships, full -time scholarships and other opportunities On the public health subjects of epidemiology to the health economy. These opportunities offer routes for public health careers.
American Public Health American
American Public Health American is a revolutionary program to recruit, train and develop the next generation of public health leaders and strengthen local capacities.
Leadership in public health and education, advanced equity and data sciences (Phleads)
PhleadsA program of cooperation agreement, maintains the identification and implementation of best practices in terms of leadership, data teaching, training, recruitment and retention. The pH directs the associations of national partners include
Train: Increase the current and future workforce
Organized training and learning platforms give the entire public health community access to quality courses and continuing education.
CDC train
CDC train is an online learning management system operated in partnership with the public Health Foundation.
CDC learning connection
CDC learning connection Presentation of quality training for health and public health professionals. All activities are based on the principles of adult learning and reflect CDC quality training standards.
Build evidence: to inform the workforce of tomorrow
Public Health Staff Center (PHWRC)
Phwrc Supporting and sharing of rigorous and applied research that helps decision-makers at all levels of public health to understand the needs of the workforce.
Leadership initiatives
Survey of public health interests and needs (pH wins)
The results of the interests of public health of 2025 and the needs (pH gins) are now available. The pH wins is the only survey at the individual level focused on experience and needs in the workplace of the public health workforce in the state and the local government.
Explore Interactive dashboards with key information on professional exhaustion, retention, training needs, etc. Also, Overview of the action is a new series of more than 40 practical tools (such as control lists, models and case studies) which help public health agencies to act on labor data in 5 critical areas: highly qualified supervisors, flexibility and social benefits, culture in the workplace, recruitment and career trajectory.
Lights, Camera, Action: The future of the national series of national public health summit
A four -part series Subject by the CDC Foundation to advance the recommendations for a modernized American public health system.
National consortium for the development of public health labor
THE National consortium for the development of public health labor was summoned by the Beaumont Foundation. This group relaunched in 2020 to develop an action plan to strengthen and support the workforce.