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| العنوان: |
Competencies for Public Health Professionals and Epidemiologists Who Detect and Investigate Enteric Disease Outbreaks. |
| المؤلفون: |
White, Alice E., Torok, Michelle R., Smith, Kirk E., Booth, Hillary, Scallan Walter, Elaine |
| المصدر: |
Public Health Reports; May2024, Vol. 139 Issue 3, p342-350, 9p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
PREVENTION of epidemics, PUBLIC health surveillance, ENVIRONMENTAL health, RESEARCH funding, DATA analysis, SANITARIANS, FOOD safety, DIVERSITY in the workplace, EPIDEMICS, CONCEPTUAL structures, COMMUNICATION, HYPOTHESIS, PUBLIC health, EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, QUALITY assurance, NATIONAL competency-based educational tests, PROFESSIONAL competence, LABOR supply |
| مستخلص: |
Objective: Food safety progress depends on the ability of public health agencies to detect and investigate foodborne disease outbreaks. The Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence identify and implement best practices and serve as resources for public health professionals who investigate enteric disease outbreaks. To target the needs of this diverse workforce, the Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence developed and assessed a professional tier framework and competencies. Methods: We described the characteristics of public health professionals who investigate enteric disease outbreaks in the epidemiology role in a conceptual tiered framework. We mapped core competencies to each tier and disseminated a survey to practitioners at local (June 2019) and state (August 2018) US public health agencies to evaluate the importance and frequency of each competency. Results: We developed 15 competencies on surveillance, outbreak detection, interview skills, investigation team, specimen testing, data analysis, hypothesis generation, study design, communication, enteric disease biology, control measures, legal authority, quality improvement, environmental health, and reporting to surveillance. The 286 survey respondents selected interview skills, surveillance, control measures, and hypothesis generation as the competencies most important to their work and most frequently performed. Conclusion: The Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence created the first published workforce framework and competencies for public health professionals who detect and investigate enteric disease outbreaks in the epidemiology role, in collaboration with local, state, and federal public health agencies and national organizations. These tools have been integrated into existing programs and can be used to develop training curricula, assess workforce competency over time, and identify priorities for continuing education and training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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