Center for Public Health Systems
U of M School of Public Health will lead a comprehensive analysis of the nation’s public health workforce
New study explores staffing priorities and challenges at local public health departments
Nearly half of all state and local public health employees left their jobs from 2017 to 2021
A new study finds that if the rate of employee departures continues, more than half of the nation’s entire public health workforce could leave their organizations by 2025.
Federal workers left their jobs at higher rates in the first year of the pandemic
Among all surveyed workers, intention to leave increased by 5% in the first year of the pandemic compared to earlier that year
U.S. Senator Tina Smith Visits University of Minnesota School of Public Health to Discuss SPH’s National Leadership in Addressing the Public Health Workforce Shortage
New study provides a comprehensive overview of US public health workforce
While acknowledging that public health workforce shortages are likely to persist, the paper identified strategies that policymakers could adopt to alleviate shortages, including taking proactive steps to increase the diversity of the workforce, introducing loan repayment programs for public health graduates, reforms to the government hiring process, and increased public health worker protections.
New study finds dramatic growth in undergraduate public health degree conferrals over the past two decades
Recipients of undergraduate degrees in public health are highly diverse, with more than 80 percent being women and 55 percent from communities of color. However, after graduation, only about 10 percent of degree recipients are currently choosing public sector employment opportunities.
Center for Public Health Systems at U of M School of Public Health Recognized with 2022 LPHA Partnership Award
In announcing the award, LPHA Chair Sarah Grasshuesch lauded CPHS’s work as “going above and beyond to elevate the workforce-related challenges faced by local public health.”
Research shows public health agencies are critically understaffed
The researchers provide peer-reviewed evidence that to meet a minimum level of public health needs, local and state health departments across the country need to hire 80% more FTEs over pre-pandemic levels.
U of M School of Public Health receives $4.7 million to lead workforce consortium
Supported with a first-of-its-kind joint $4.7 million cooperative agreement from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), six U.S. universities have now come together to conduct robust workforce research, evaluation, and analysis.
New Center Created to Help Strengthen Health Departments Across U.S.
SPH launched the Center for Public Health Systems (CPHS) to conduct field-defining public health systems research and to provide technical assistance and other services to support public health departments.
