Thanks to the Public Health Corps

Thanks to the Public Health Corps

The Public Health Corps gave me an opportunity to explore the field of public health from directly within it. With a jarring start to being an adult, and feeling utterly lost as to what my path and career would look like, the Corps has been an invaluable source of stability and education. This article is a very brief collection of my experiences and takeaways from my service term, as well as reasoning for my optimism about the future of public health, from the perspective of someone just beginning a potential career.

Assess then Address: Identifying and Prioritizing Region V’s Governmental Public Health Training and Workforce Needs

Assess then Address: Identifying and Prioritizing Region V’s Governmental Public Health Training and Workforce Needs

The RVPHTC conducts a training needs assessment every few years to help identify and prioritize the current needs of the region’s Local Health Departments (LHDs). These training needs help inform the development of training resources that will best serve our users and each iteration of the training needs assessment has slight differences and helps us learn more about the LHDs that we are serving.