Public Health Employees’ Perceptions About Impact of Emerging Public Health Trends on Their Day-to-Day Work
Document Type
Presentation
Presentation Date
10-2020
Abstract or Description
Presentation given at the APHA Annual Meeting and Expo.
Background: In an era where public health practice has been viewed as a global, multi-disciplinary field, the public health workforce is consistently evolving and continually facing a mirage of obstacles. In order to overcome these challenges, practitioners need to be up-to-date on the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively deliver the core public health services
Purpose: The purpose of this research was to explore the perceived impact of emerging trends in public health on the day-to-day work of the public health workforce.
Methods: Multinomial logistic regression was performed to analyze data from the 2017 PH WINS, a cross-sectional survey utilizing a nationally representative sample of the United States public health workforce.
Results: Sixty-two percent of the study participants were state government employees and the majority of them held the status of supervisor (72.26%). A large proportion, more than 55%, of the state and local public health workforce perceived that their day-to-day work was at least marginally impacted by the emerging public health trends. Work environment was significantly associated with the perception of their day-to-day work being significantly impacted by all 6 of the emerging public health trends; cross-jurisdictional sharing (AOR=1.02), QI (AOR=1.04), public health and primary care integration (AOR=1.03), EBPH (AOR=1.04), HiAP (AOR=1.03), and multi-sectoral collaboration (AOR=1.02). Race, ethnicity, educational status, and supervisory status were also positively associated with at least 4 of the 6 emerging public health trends.
Conclusion: This study was consistent with prior studies that reported that organizational climate and culture have an effect upon the workplace environment, as well as, work engagement and meaningfulness. As practitioners shift into the role of chief health strategists, it may become necessary for all of them to have formal training in public health foundations and tools in order to efficiently deliver the essential public health services to their communities.
Sponsorship/Conference/Institution
APHA Annual Meeting and Expo 2020
Location
Virtual
Source
https://apha.confex.com/apha/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/475917
Recommended Citation
Waterfield, Kristie C., Gulzar H. Shah, Linda G. Kimsey, William A. Mase.
2020.
"Public Health Employees’ Perceptions About Impact of Emerging Public Health Trends on Their Day-to-Day Work."
Department of Health Policy and Community Health Faculty Presentations.
Presentation 241.
source: https://apha.confex.com/apha/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/475917
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/hpmb-facpres/241
