title: What Matters in Recruiting Public Health Employees: Considerations for Filling Workforce Gaps.
abstract: We examined factors that influence the decision to join the public health workforce. In this cross-sectional study, we used 2010 secondary data representing 6939 public health workers. Factors influencing the decision to take jobs in public health were significantly associated with specific previous employment settings. Respondents generally rated organizational factors as more influential than personal factors in terms of their decision to work in governmental public health. Leaders should consider tailoring recruitment efforts to maximize job uptake and enhance the potential for long-term retention.
authors.affiliation: Valerie A. Yeager and Janna M. Wisniewski are with Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Global Health Management and Policy, New Orleans, LA. Kathleen Amos and Ron Bialek are with Public Health Foundation, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Valerie A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Yeager
authors.affiliation: Valerie A. Yeager and Janna M. Wisniewski are with Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Global Health Management and Policy, New Orleans, LA. Kathleen Amos and Ron Bialek are with Public Health Foundation, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Janna M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wisniewski
authors.affiliation: Valerie A. Yeager and Janna M. Wisniewski are with Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Global Health Management and Policy, New Orleans, LA. Kathleen Amos and Ron Bialek are with Public Health Foundation, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Amos
authors.affiliation: Valerie A. Yeager and Janna M. Wisniewski are with Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Global Health Management and Policy, New Orleans, LA. Kathleen Amos and Ron Bialek are with Public Health Foundation, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bialek
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006078:Government Programs; D006801:Humans; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011634:Public Health; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce