IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 4101: A Systematic Review on Professional Regulation and Credentialing of Public Health Workforce

IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 4101: A Systematic Review on Professional Regulation and Credentialing of Public Health Workforce International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph20054101 Authors: Gershuni Orr Vogel Park Leider Resnick Czabanowska The public health workforce (PHW) counts a great variety of professionals, and how services are delivered differs in every country. The complexity and the diversity of PHW professions also reflect structural problems of supply and demand of PHW in various organizations and health care systems. Therefore, credentialing, regulation, and formal recognition are essential for a competent and responsive PHW to address public health challenges. To ensure comparability of the credentialing and regulation systems for the PHW and to enable its collective action at the macro level in the event of a health crisis, we systematically analyzed documented evidence on the PHW. A systematic review was selected to answer the research questions: (1) what are the most effective aspects and characteristics in identified programs (standards or activities) in professional credentialing and regulation of the PHW and (2) what are common evidence-based aspects and characteristics for the performance standards to support a qualified and competent PHW? The identification of professional credentialing systems and available practices of the PHW was performed systematically using a systematic review of internat...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research