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The Opportunity Cost of COVID for Public Health Practice: COVID-19 Pandemic Response Work and Lost Foundational Areas of Public Health Work.
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- Alcohol, drug and tobacco prevention in Swedish municipalities - impact from the COVID-19 pandemic considering socio-demographic context.European journal of public health · 2023Article
- Our Helpers Need Help: Challenges Faced by Rural Public Health Workers in the COVID-19 Pandemic.American journal of public health · 2023Article
- Recovery and Resiliency in 29 Big Cities: Results From the 2021 Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey.Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMPArticle
- No Slack in the System: Workforce Strain, Redistribution, and Recalibration in State and Local Government Public Health.Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMPArticle
- Innovations and Hiring Improvements to Address Public Health Workforce Recruitment.Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMPArticle
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Abstract
This article has been temporarily removed by the publisher, Wolters Kluwer, due to a data quality issue. We regret any confusion this may have caused. This article will be published once production is complete on the Public Health Workforce Interest and Needs Survey supplemental issue. CONTEXT: There is little empirical evidence regarding the magnitude of the COVID-19 response across the public health workforce and the extent to which other public health programs were called upon to contribute to the response, potentially leading to less work being done in other public health programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
objectivesTo assess the composition of the workforce that contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic response during 2020-2022.
designA large, cross-sectional, nationally representative survey of the state and local public health agency workforce through the Public Health Workforce Interest and Needs Survey (PH WINS).
settingNearly all state health agency-central offices (SHA-COs) and Big City Health Coalition (BCHC) member public health departments as well as a nationally representative sample of other local health departments (LHDs) with more than 25 staff members and serving more than 25 000 people participated in fall 2021.
participantsA sample of all individuals working at each SHA-CO or LHD as part-time or full-time employees, contractors, or other employee types was used. A total of 44 732 responses (35% of eligible respondents) were received.
main outcome measureMain outcomes included the proportion of full-time equivalent (FTE) effort devoted to COVID-19 response work by quarter (Q) from Q1 2020 through Q1 2022. Predictors of interest included individual- and agency-level demographics, most notably an individual's self-reported public health program area.
resultsStaffing and hiring for the COVID-19 pandemic response was an ongoing effort that began in 2020 and lasted through 2022. During the pandemic, all public health program areas contributed at least 20% of their workforce time to COVID-19 response, peaking at 47-83% of the staff time, depending on the program area.
conclusionsThere was a considerable public health opportunity cost to the public health systems' large and prolonged COVID-19 response. Persistent understaffing in the public health system remains an important issue.
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