Competencies, Training Needs, and Turnover Among Rural Compared With Urban Local Public Health Practitioners: 2021 Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey

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Analyzes the rural and urban differences in 29,751 public health workers surveyed regarding competencies, training needs, and workplace stressors. Discusses COVID-19 impacts on public health work.

Paula M. Kett, Betty Bekemeier, Davis G. Patterson, Kay Schaffer

American Journal of Public Health, 113(6), 689-699

06/2023

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COVID-19 · Health workforce · Health workforce education and training · Occupational health and safety · Public health · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data