Evidence-Based Practices for
Healthiest Wisconsin 2010

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System (Infrastructure) Priority: Sufficient, competent workforce

Objective: Competency. By 2010 Wisconsin's public health system will assure a competent public health workforce through a collaborative information and education network for workforce preparation, support of current practice, and continuing education.

Sufficient Evidence for Effectiveness was found for the following interventions:
(none)

Insufficient Evidence to Determine Effectiveness was found for the following interventions:

• Develop marketing strategies for careers in public health (PDF, 19 KB)
• Encourage the collaboration of educational programs and local health offices  (PDF, 20 KB)
• Enhance leadership capacity through leadership training institutes  (PDF, 20 KB)
• Incorporate academic public health practice in the academic infrastructure  (PDF, 19 KB)
• Increase availability of distance education and Web-based coursework  (PDF, 19 KB)
• Increase pay and workforce flexibility  (PDF,  18 KB)
• Monitor the size and composition of the public health workforce on a regular basis  (PDF, 19 KB)
• Promote educational opportunities for public health workers  (PDF, 19 KB)
• Support interdisciplinary forums for evidence and dissemination of research within public health  (PDF, 19 KB)
• Tuition reimbursement for public health workers (PDF, 19 KB)
• Use information technology to improve recruitment (PDF, 18 KB)
• CDC Leadership and Management Institute (PDF,18 KB)
• Management Academy for Public Health  (PDF, 19 KB)

Mixed Evidence was found for the following interventions:
(none)

Sufficient Evidence for Ineffectiveness was found for the following interventions:
(none)

Limitations/Comments:
There is a limited amount of literature on evidence-based practices to promote a sufficient and competent public health workforce. Researchers have primarily utilized consensus studies along with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) recommendations to compile reviews for this subject area. Because there is a limited amount of research in the field, interventions and programs to encourage a sufficient and competent workforce have been categorized under "insufficient evidence to determine effectiveness."

Additional information:
The 2004-05 Wisconsin team of the National Public Health Leadership Institute compiled a table of existing leadership institutes and development programs (PDF, 194 KB) that focus on public health, business, academic, or clinical health care professionals.

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