A Model for Public Health Workforce Development Using the National Public Health Performance Standards Program

Abstract

Workforce development programs in public health should link improvements in workers' performance with improvements in their agencies' performance. The "ten essential services" of public health provide criteria for measuring both individual worker training (as in workforce competency standards) and agency performance (as in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Public Health Performance Standards Program). This shared foundation was the basis for a model strategic training program developed for use in a 500-employee urban county health department. Full implementation of this model as a foundation for assessment, curriculum development, and evaluation requires careful attention to management issues, confidentiality of employee records, and evaluation methodologies.

An Educational Model for Workforce Development: Dissemination of Evidence-Based Practices

“…Workforce development experts suggest strategic planning is necessary to affect lasting system-wide change (Potter et al 2003;Rapp et al 2005;NACCHO 2000).…”

“…The concept of strategic planning is defined as a match between what an organization can do, according to its organizational strengths, and can not do because of its organizational weaknesses, in the context of the larger environmental opportunities and threats (Bryson 2004;NACCHO 2000;Potter et al 2003). Strategic planning begins with organizing for success through partnership development between stakeholders, which is based upon their recognizing a need for change (Bryson 2004;NAC-CHO 2000;Van de Ven 2007).…”

“…Next, to focus change in the appropriate direction a shared vision is established (Bryson 2004;Cummings and Worley 1997). Stakeholders engage in a series of assessments to determine their needs as well as the resources and capacities they have to meet those needs (NACCHO 2000;Potter et al 2003). It includes assessment of stakeholder values and strengths, along with an assessment of the current system's activities, competencies and capacities, and needs for increased competencies (Bryson 2004;Van de Ven 2007).…”

Samenwerking tussen beleid, praktijk en onderzoek in de publieke gezondheidszorg: resultaten van een multiple-case studie

“…Capaciteitsontwikkeling is essentieel om de kennis, vaardigheden, tijd en middelen aangereikt te krijgen om te kunnen samenwerken. [35][36][37][38][39][40] Praktische strategieën op dit niveau hebben dus vooral te maken met het in kaart brengen van de huidige organisatie, het bepalen van de visie en het opstellen van een plan van aanpak voor het verandertraject, inclusief communicatie, personeelsbeleid, bijscholing en wederzijdse dienstverlening.…”

The Public Health Infrastructure and Our Nation's Health

“…Academic sponsors of workforce-development programs turned competency definitions into assessment protocols (14,53), strategic training plans (19,51), and evaluation models (52).…”