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ArticleFrontiers in public health2022

Real World Feedback: How Well Did the Virtual Training Academy Prepare California's COVID-19 Contact Tracing Workforce?

Miranda Westfall, Maeve Forster, Olivia Golston, Kelly D Taylor, Karen White, Michael J A Reid, Alina Dorian, Michael L Prelip, Shira Shafir

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Miranda WestfallFielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Maeve ForsterInstitute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Olivia GolstonFielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Kelly D TaylorInstitute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Karen WhiteInstitute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Michael J A ReidInstitute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Alina DorianFielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Michael L PrelipFielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Shira ShafirFielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.

Funding

Ujima Mentoring ProgramP30MH062246 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MALLORY O JOHNSON · 2001 to 2026
$57.4M
NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH062246
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To effectively respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, California had to quickly mobilize a substantial number of case investigators (CIs) and contact tracers (CTs). This workforce was comprised primarily of redirected civil servants with diverse educational and professional backgrounds. The purpose of this evaluation was to understand whether the weeklong, remote course developed to train California's CI/CT workforce (i.e., Virtual Training Academy) adequately prepared trainees for deployment. From May 2020 to February 2021, 8,141 individuals completed the training. A survey administered ~3 weeks post-course assessed two measures of overall preparedness: self-perceived interviewing proficiency and self-perceived job preparedness. Bivariate analyses were used to examine differences in preparedness scores by education level, career background, and whether trainees volunteered to join the COVID-19 workforce or were assigned by their employers. There were no significant differences in preparedness by education level. Compared to trainees from non-public health backgrounds, those from public health fields had higher self-perceived interviewing proficiency (25.1 vs. 23.3,

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COVID-19CaliforniaContact TracingFeedbackHumansPandemicsWorkforcecase investigationcontact tracingCOVID-19public health preparednesspublic health workforce

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PMID35836992
PMCPMC9273764

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