{"id":7088,"date":"2021-08-21T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T18:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/?p=7088"},"modified":"2021-08-23T08:46:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T12:46:10","slug":"resource-challenges-and-opportunities-for-strengthening-the-public-health-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/2021\/08\/21\/resource-challenges-and-opportunities-for-strengthening-the-public-health-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Resource: Challenges and Opportunities for Strengthening the Public Health Workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/nephtc\/files\/2021\/08\/Strenthening-PH-Infrastructure.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/nephtc\/files\/2021\/08\/Strenthening-PH-Infrastructure-489x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"636\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/files\/2021\/08\/Strenthening-PH-Infrastructure-489x636.jpg 489w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/files\/2021\/08\/Strenthening-PH-Infrastructure-787x1024.jpg 787w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/files\/2021\/08\/Strenthening-PH-Infrastructure-768x999.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/files\/2021\/08\/Strenthening-PH-Infrastructure.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/a>NEPHTC is a member of the Public Health Learning Network, a consoritium of regional Public Helath training Centers and the country&#8217;s most comprehensive resource for public health workforce development. As such we are pleased to share resources from our network, including the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training (NCCPHT).\u00a0 With support from the Kresge Foundation,\u00a0 NNPHI, the NCCPHT and a technical expert panel, released the attached report in June, 2021.\u00a0 Upon release, NNPHI stated: &#8220;<span>The US public health system\u2019s infrastructure serves as the foundation for planning, delivering, evaluating, and improving public health. Public health services depend on basic infrastructure such as up-to-date information systems, health professionals who are competent in crosscutting and technical skills, and public health organizations with the capacity to assess and respond to community health needs. This summary report was completed to better understand current weaknesses and challenges that are impacting the US public health system\u2019s infrastructure and to identify opportunities for addressing these issues.&#8221; NEPHTC encoursages policy makers and the public health workforce to use this resource when considering state and local policies to strengthen the workforce. <a href=\"\/nephtc\/files\/2021\/08\/NNPHI-E2A-Kresge-Report-Web.pdf\">NNPHI-E2A-Kresge-Report-Web<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEPHTC is a member of the Public Health Learning Network, a consoritium of regional Public Helath training Centers and the country&#8217;s most comprehensive resource for public health workforce development. As such we are pleased to share resources from our network, including the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training (NCCPHT).\u00a0 With support from the Kresge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[474,475,473,472],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7088"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7088"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7092,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7088\/revisions\/7092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}