To build upon the research that has already been conducted, the Public Health Foundation has been awarded a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to utilize TRAIN, the nation’s premier learning management network designed specifically for professionals who protect and improve the public’s health, to perform tasks aimed at advancing the field of Public Health Services and Systems Research (PHSSR). As a part of this project three tailored TRAIN datasets were developed and can be used to address specific research questions. The tailored dataset for TRAIN Courses by Competencies and Professional Roles has been compiled for the years 2003 through 2012 and includes 9,052 records.
This dataset contains information on public health competencies, the number of courses addressing each competency, and the number of participants in courses aimed at specific competencies. There are limitations to this dataset. One limitation of this dataset is that the data only reflects competencies for those courses to which course providers assigned competencies.
Recognizing that the needs of PHSSR extend beyond these three datasets, PHF invites researchers to request customized data from TRAIN to meet specific needs. Requested data can include any fields in TRAIN related to workforce questions, but cannot include any potentially identifying information. For more information on the field of Public Health Services and Systems Research please refer to our PHSSR page.
Public Health Foundation has updated the datasets to include 2012 information in order to keep the datasets accurate. You must obtain approval before you are able to access the TRAIN Datasets.