Between the 2009 Great Recession and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US state
and local governmental public health workforce lost 40,000 jobs. Tens of thousands of …

Understanding the size and composition of the state and local governmental public health
workforce in the United States is critical for promoting and protecting the health of the public …

Objectives. To determine whether US Department of Labor standard occupational
classification (SOC) codes can be used for public health workforce research. Methods. We …

With more than 600 000 lives lost and counting, the COVID-19 pandemic in the United
States has resulted in the loss of tens of millions of jobs and gravely disrupted children's …

The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear the extreme needs of the public health workforce.
As societies discuss how to build up the capacity and infrastructure of their systems, it is …

The global COVID-19 crisis exposed the critical need for a highly qualified public health
workforce. This qualitative research aimed to examine public health workforce competencies …

Discussion: Several occupations examined did not have available job task analyses, while
others had multiple. This project appears to be the first time that a list of existing job task …

Objectives To analyze the current public health labor market for bachelor's-level graduates.
Methods Public health-related job postings (N= 365) from across the United States were …

Objectives. To assess salary differences between workers within key public health
occupations in local or state government and workers in the same occupations in the private …

We need a skilled, expert, recognized and regulated public health profession to protect and
improve the health of people and the planet. The pandemic has highlighted the need for a …