By Evette Brandon, Quality Improvement and Accreditation Director, Alameda County Public Health Department and Bonnie Mencher, Workforce Development Director, Alameda County Public Health Department Alameda County, located in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, is one of the most diverse counties in the United States. The county has a population of approximately 1.7 million…
By Sophie G. Wenzel, MPH, DrPH, CPH, CHES© and Laura Hungerford, DVM, NREMT, MPH, PhD, CPH, Department of Population Health Sciences, Virginia Tech According to the de Beaumont Foundation’s 2021 Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs (PHWINS) survey,1 only about 14% of the public health workforce in the United States has a degree in public…
The Manitowoc County Health Department (MCHD) has risen to this challenge by integrating the Foundational Public Health Services (FPHS) framework as the backbone of its Performance Management System (PM System), ensuring a strategic, adaptable, and community-centered approach to public health improvement.