Enumeration and Composition of the Public Health Workforce

Challenges and Strategies

Bibliographic Data

ID11022696
AuthorsCiro V Sumaya (Ciro V. Sumaya is with the School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station. From 1994 to 1997, he was administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services Rockville, MD., corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume102
Issue3
Pages469-474
Publication date2012-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2011.300388
PMID22390509
PMCIDPMC3487663
OpenAlexW2163147105
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited15

The field of public health needs a comprehensive classification data system that provides a better assessment of the size and composition of its workforce. Such a data system is necessary for understanding the capacity, trend projections, and policy development critical to the future workforce. Previous enumeration and composition studies on the public health workforce have been helpful, but the methodology used needs further improvements in standardization, specificity, data storage, and data availability. Resolving this issue should follow a consensus-based course of action that includes public and private stakeholders at the national, state, and local level. This prime issue should be addressed now, particularly in the current environment of comprehensive health care reform

Business · Composition (language) · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Standardization · Workforce · Workforce development · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Nursing · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Public Health Policies and Education

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