Competency Gaps Among Governmental Public Health Employees With and Without a Formal Public Health Degree: Where Are We Now?
Overall, across all position levels (ie, nonsupervisory, supervisor, executive), public health workers with a public health degree experienced fewer competency skill gaps in 2021 than in 2017. These findings from PHWINS 2021 illustrate that formal public health education generally decreases competency gaps across numerous competency domains. However, the variability in reported gaps across supervisory levels shows the need for ongoing evaluation and adaptation of formal public health degree programs.
Authors
- Valerie A. Yeager (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7650-9258)
- Heather Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0958-9408)
- Molly Gee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9602-4200)
Institutions
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (US)
- Office of the Director (US)
- Development Fund (NO)
- Decision Sciences (United States) (US)
- Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation (US)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/phh.0000000000002104
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.26