Cross Cutting Work: Public Health Workforce Development

State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) 2021-2025

PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Healthy People 2030 focuses on promoting the health, well-being, education, and training of the workforce, including the public health and health care workforce.

The delivery of high-quality services and products requires a strong workforce. Businesses and employers have an important role to play in strengthening the workforce by helping to improve health and well-being, for example, by offering employee health promotion programs (- Healthy People 2030).

A strong public health workforce is vital to protecting the public’s health. A well-trained public health workforce is our first line of defense to prevent disease, protect health, and keep people safe. Workforce development in public health aims to improve health outcomes by enhancing the training, skills, and performance of public health workers. The steps we take now will have an impact for years to come. Those who we inspire now to pursue careers in public health will be the public health leaders of tomorrow, ready to address the challenges of the future.  Within this priority area, the ADH in collaboration with its community partners will address these issues by highlighting the training, skills and performance of public health workers (- Public Health Foundation; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

The ADH and its community partners aim to implement strategies to improve public health workforce capacity and quality in Arkansas.