背景:COVID-19大流行强调了强大的公共卫生基础设施对保护和支持社区健康的重要性。这包括确保适应性劳动力能够在快速变化的环境中领先,有效沟通,并应用系统思维来利用跨部门的伙伴关系,帮助促进卫生公平。10个区域公共卫生培训中心(PHTCs)通过在这些和其他战略领域的技能发展和技术援助来提高当前和未来公共卫生劳动力的能力。
方法:本研究调查了在大流行期间,地区PHTCs及其合作伙伴支持公共卫生人员的活动。10个地区PHTCs的代表于2022年春季完成了一项调查。调查包括(1)从2018-2021年年度绩效报告中拉动培训使用趋势,以及(2)评估类型的问题,内容,以及培训需求评估的范围,培训和技术援助,学生安置,和PHTCNetwork合作活动发生在2020年1月1日至2021年12月31日。受访者还反映了使用趋势,挑战,吸取的教训,影响的故事,和未来的PHTC实践。
结果:在大流行期间,区域PHTCs参与了许多评估需求的努力,为实践社区提供培训和技术援助,促进建立学生能力的项目,以支持公共卫生机构的努力,并与PHTC网络合作开展国家级计划。在这些活动中,区域PHTCs调整了方法并相互学习,以满足区域需求。
结论:区域PHTCs在其区域和国家范围内为学生和专业发展提供了基础公共卫生知识和技能,同时灵活应对大流行期间该领域不断变化的需求。我们的研究强调了在大流行后环境中公共卫生劳动力发展的合作和适应性方法的机会。
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the importance of a strong public health infrastructure for protecting and supporting the health of communities. This includes ensuring an adaptive
workforce capable of leading through rapidly changing circumstances, communicating effectively, and applying systems thinking to leverage cross-sector partnerships that help promote health equity. The 10 Regional Public Health Training Centers (PHTCs) advance the capacity of the current and future public health
workforce through skill development and technical assistance in these and other strategic areas.
This study examines activities through which the Regional PHTCs and their partners supported the public health
workforce during the pandemic. Representatives of the 10 Regional PHTCs completed a survey in the spring of 2022. The survey included (1) pulling trends in training usage from 2018-2021 annual performance
reports and (2) questions assessing the type, content, and reach of training needs assessments, training and technical assistance, student placements, and PHTC Network collaborative activities that occurred from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021. Respondents also reflected on trends in use, challenges, lessons learned, stories of impact, and future PHTC practice.
During the pandemic, the Regional PHTCs engaged in numerous efforts to assess needs, provide training and technical assistance to the practice community, facilitate projects that built student competency to support public health agency efforts, and collaborate as the PHTC Network on national-level initiatives. Across these activities, the Regional PHTCs adjusted their approaches and learned from each other in order to meet regional needs.
The Regional PHTCs provided student and professional development in foundational public health knowledge and skills within their regions and nationally while being flexible and responsive to the changing needs of the field during the pandemic. Our study highlights opportunities for collaboration and adaptive approaches to public health
workforce development in a postpandemic environment.