title: The public health workforce in the year 2000.
abstract: It has been 20 years since the last estimate of the public health workforce's size and composition. This study provides a best estimate through secondary analysis of existing workforce reports, summaries, and information gathered from chief health officials in 50 states and 6 territories, public health organizations, and federal agencies. Results indicate that the workforce consists of some 448,254 persons in salaried positions as follows: 44.6 percent professionals, 4 percent officials/administrators, 14 percent technicians, and 13 percent clerical/support. Workforce size may have decreased by as much as 10 percent over the last 20 years, despite a 25 percent increase in population and rising health hazards.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Policy, Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Kristine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gebbie
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Merrill
authors.forename: Inseon
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Eric N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Gebbie
authors.forename: Meera
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D011635:Public Health Administration; D014481:United States