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Enumerating the US Governmental Public Health Workforce.

The article discusses the importance of enumeration of governmental public health workforce in the U.S. Topics include vital information about the workforce provided by enumeration, the changes that occurred in public health workforce enumeration throughout history, the need for occupation-specific...

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Published in:American Journal of Public Health Vol. 115; no. 5; pp. 701 - 707
Main Authors: Balio, Casey P., Dockery, Nathan A., Hogg-Graham, Rachel
Format: Article
Published: American Public Health Association May2025
Subjects:
United States
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (U.S.)
Medical personnel
COVID-19 pandemic
Public hospitals
Public health infrastructure
Employee retention
Employee recruitment
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article discusses the importance of enumeration of governmental public health workforce in the U.S. Topics include vital information about the workforce provided by enumeration, the changes that occurred in public health workforce enumeration throughout history, the need for occupation-specific enumeration to inform policymakers and agency leadership, and the objectives of Enumeration 2024 such as enumerating public health nurses specifically using novel data sources and approaches.