Abstract
Since 2008, over 10,000 public health professionals have become Certified in Public Health (CPH). Periodically, the NBPHE conducts a Job Task Analysis survey to gain an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the public health workforce. With that information, the main areas of focus on the CPH exam are updated.
In the summer of 2022, the National Board of Public Health Examiners launched a newJob Task Analysis process. The comprehensive set of responses will demonstrate the scope of public health responsibilities on a region-by-region basis.
Current domains of the CPH exam are: Communications, Leadership, Law and Ethics, Public Health Biology and Human Disease Risk, Collaboration and Partnership, Program Planning and Evaluation, Program Management, Policy in Public Health, Health Equity and Social Justice, and Evidence-based Approaches to Public Health. As the public health workforce evolves to meet contemporary challenges, so must the public health certification process. This session will include a discussion about how the areas of responsibility for the public health workforce have changed over the last six years and the impact of COVID19.
Conference attendees are invited to engage in a discussion about the findings of the Job Task Analysis process, possible changes to the CPH exam domains and early analysis of public health roles and responsibilities around the globe.
Keywords
workforce, training, preparedness
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Evolving Roles and Responsibilities of Public Health
Since 2008, over 10,000 public health professionals have become Certified in Public Health (CPH). Periodically, the NBPHE conducts a Job Task Analysis survey to gain an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the public health workforce. With that information, the main areas of focus on the CPH exam are updated.
In the summer of 2022, the National Board of Public Health Examiners launched a newJob Task Analysis process. The comprehensive set of responses will demonstrate the scope of public health responsibilities on a region-by-region basis.
Current domains of the CPH exam are: Communications, Leadership, Law and Ethics, Public Health Biology and Human Disease Risk, Collaboration and Partnership, Program Planning and Evaluation, Program Management, Policy in Public Health, Health Equity and Social Justice, and Evidence-based Approaches to Public Health. As the public health workforce evolves to meet contemporary challenges, so must the public health certification process. This session will include a discussion about how the areas of responsibility for the public health workforce have changed over the last six years and the impact of COVID19.
Conference attendees are invited to engage in a discussion about the findings of the Job Task Analysis process, possible changes to the CPH exam domains and early analysis of public health roles and responsibilities around the globe.
