Training Needs Assessment

The RVPHTC conducts training needs assessments each year to inform training development. Approaches to these assessments range from reviews of secondary data like the Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PH WINS) and other sources, to primary collection of qualitative and quantitative input from our audiences. 

Findings from the training needs assessments inform the development of trainings that address the strategic skill domains identified by the de Beaumont Foundation in their 2021 report, Adapting and Aligning Public Health Strategic Skills, as well as the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals.

Quantitative Needs Assessment

The RVPHTC administered a training needs assessment survey to Region V’s local health departments (LHDs) in Fall 2023. The dashboard below allows for users to interact with the findings of the training needs assessment. You can filter the data by state, urban/ rural, staff size, size of population served, and strategic skill domain. A narrative report of the methods and findings is available, along with an Excel file of summary tables.

Previous RVPHTC Training Needs Assessment Reports and Publications:

• 2020 Training Needs Assessment Survey Report
• 2021 Qualitative Training Needs Assessment Summary
• Kulik, P.K.G., Leider, J.P., Rogers, M., Karnik, H., Power, L.E., Schaffer, K., & Bekemeier, B. (2023). PH WINS for All: The Critical Role of Partnerships for Engaging All Local Health Departments in the Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey. J of Public Health Manag Pract, 29(1): S48-S53. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001635 [Manuscript]
• Zemmel, D., Kulik, P.K.G., Leider, J.P., Power, L.E. (2022). Public Health Workforce Development During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Qualitative Training Needs Assessment. J of Public Health Manag Pract, 28(5): S263-S270.  doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001524 [Manuscript]
• Kulik, P.K.G., Leider, J.P., & Beck, A.J. (2021). Leadership Perspectives on Local Health Department Workforce Development: A Regional Training Needs Assessment. J of Public Health Manag Pract, 28(2): E619-E623. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001395 [Manuscript]
• Harris, J.K., Leider, J.P, Kulik, P., Beck, A. (2021). Training Networks of Local Health Departments: A Regional Assessment. J Public Health Manag Pract, 28(1): E256-E263. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001274 [Manuscript]