NLM Literature Search on Recruitment and Retention 2004
October 2, 2010
In 2004, the National Library of Medicine conducted a literature search to help inform the public health community about strategies to address worker shortages. This document contains citations and abstracts for more than 200 research articles and projects on recruitment and retention efforts.
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Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Public Health Workers
October 2, 2010
This table lists strategies to alleviate public health worker shortages were suggested by participants of the January 25, 2005 Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice meeting. It includes links to sample projects, and relevant research from public health as well as other fields....
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Recruiting and Retaining Public Health Workers - Research Questions Generated By the Council on Linkages (2005)
October 2, 2010
During the January 2005 meeting of the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, this list of research questions on public health worker recruitment and retention was generated.
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Council on Linkages Pipeline Work Group Policy Statement (2008)
October 2, 2010
Developed in 2008, the Pipeline Workgroup Policy Statement outlines the Council on Linkages' efforts to address the public health worker shortage by determining the flow of individuals into, and out of governmental public health agencies. The Council prepared this policy statement in an effort to focus...
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Government Efforts in Public Health Worker Recruitment and Retention Efforts
September 28, 2010
In the presentation "Government Efforts in Workforce Retention and Recruitment" (given at a Council on Linkages meeting in 2005) Kathy Nolan outlines efforts to recruit and retain public health workers. She notes potential approaches to solving the public health worker shortage. These include collaboration...
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Salsberg: Recruiting and Retaining Public Health Workers
September 28, 2010
"Recruitment and Retention of Health Professionals" a presentation given in January 2005 by Ed Salberg, points out some of the causes of health worker shortages ( short and long term). Salsberg also suggests ways that government (federal, state etc.) can respond to health worker shortages.
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Recruitment and Retention: Perspectives from Health and Public Health
September 28, 2010
The "Recruitment and Retention: Perspectives from Health and Public Health" presentation was given to the Council on Linkages by Jean Moore in January 2005. It discusses the background, methods, findings and implications of a Health Resources and Services Administration funded "public health nursing...
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Public Health Workforce Numbers Between the Years 2000 and 2006
September 24, 2010
This report contains data showing the total estimated number of public health workers or Full Time Employees (FTEs) in the US between 2000 and 2006. When compiling this report, data from several national organizations (e.g. APTR, ASTHO, CDC, CSTE, HRSA, NACCHO, NLM and many others) were reviewed....
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Council on Linkages: Ecological Model of Public Health
September 24, 2010
The ecological model of public health is “a model of health that emphasizes the linkages and relationships among multiple factors (or determinants) affecting health." This paper briefly summarizes this ecological approach to public health and notes how it affects the work of the Council on Linkages...
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On Strategies to Address Public Health Worker Shortages
September 24, 2010
This presentation by Tom Blanford of the National Education Association (NEA) outlines the teacher supply pipeline, and strategies NEA adopted to recruit and retain teachers. Blanford suggests that some of these strategies (used in the public education field) can also be applied to the public health...
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