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The COVID-19 pandemic brought out the current situation of the public health workforce. It has been brought to notice that the current public health workforce is lagging in the appropriate integration of young professionals*. Despite there being a surplus resource of young professionals, they have not been linked to the system adequately (Wong et al, 2021).
Young professionals are essential to the workforce as they can provide a different perspective and increase diversity, in the meanwhile also supporting the workforce in terms of human resources. Regardless of the importance of the public health workforce in the global economy, there is a gap in the job prospects for young professionals. As they face challenges to attain jobs matching their skills and capability (Wong et al, 2021).
*Young professionals here are referred to students and early career professionals.
Kindly share your thoughts on the importance of young professionals in public health and the challenges faced by them.
Reference:
Wong, B.L.H., Siepmann, I., Chen, T.T. et al. Rebuilding to shape a better future: the role of young professionals in the public health workforce. Hum Resour Health 19, 82 (2021). //doi.org/10.1186/s12960-021-00627-7
Posted : January 23, 2023 5:08 pm
The public health workforce is unable to cope with the continuously changing needs of both current and future public health demands according to the WHO, the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) and the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region .
Public health programmes [ PHP] is defined as an individual that engage in public health service practice irrespective of location but more specifically on educational background, specialized by means of academic bachelor, master's in public health or doctorate.
The COVID‐ 19 pandemic has illustrated that no single nation is adequately prepared, exposing the gaps in the infrastructure of public health systems worldwide. These gaps endanger the success of PHPs to deliver public health functions, as they are not solely dependent on their competencies but based on both availability and conditions of their work. Employment outcomes (EOs) can help to define the profile of a PHP, for example, by including information about employment sector, job titles and place of work.
REFERENCES : Treviño-Reyna G, Czabanowska K, Haque S, Plepys CM, Magaña L, Middleton J. Employment outcomes and job satisfaction of international public health professionals: What lessons for public health and COVID-19 pandemic preparedness? Employment outcomes of public health graduates. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2021 May;36(S1):124-150. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3140. Epub 2021 Apr 4. PMID: 33817807; PMCID: PMC8251052.
Posted : April 24, 2023 10:48 pm
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