Dialogue About the Workforce for Population Health Improvement: Proceedings of a Workshop
English
By (author): and Medicine Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice Engineering Health and Medicine Division National Academies of Sciences Roundtable on Population Health Improvement
On March 21, 2019, the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a 1-day workshop to explore the broad and multidisciplinary nature of the population health workforce. Workshop participants explored methods for facilitating a population health orientation/perspective among public health and health care leaders and professionals; framing the work of personnel such as community health workers (CHWs), health navigators, and peer-to-peer chronic disease management educators within the context of population health; and leveraging the competencies of public and private sector workforces, such as education, transportation, and planning, that are working to include a health in all policies, community livability, or well-being orientation in their activities. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Table of Contents- Front Matter
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Building a Health Workforce for the Future: Lessons from a Multi-Stakeholder Statewide Initiative
- 3 Perspectives from Professional and Accrediting Organizations
- 4 The Community Health Workforce
- 5 Cross-Sector Workforce: National and Local Examples
- 6 Breakout Session: Moving Toward a Population Health Workforce Exercise
- 7 Reflections on the Day and Closing Remarks
- Appendix A: References
- Appendix B: Workshop Agenda
- Appendix C: Biosketches of Speakers, Moderators, and Planning Committee Members
- Appendix D: Small Group Exercise Instructions and Worksheet