Public Health Workforce Survey Data (2016–2021) Related to Employee Turnover: Proposed Methods for Harmonization and Triangulation
The public health workforce is in a critical state, with the current supply being unsustainable at best and dire at worst. Based on data from 2017 and 2019, health departments needed to hire 80,000 full-time employees to provide basic public health foundational services even before the onset of COVID-19. The situation has likely worsened due…