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High Level Meeting on Human
Resources for Health in the
Caribbean
“Public Health” Human Resource Planning
Robin Buckland RN MScN, Director
Field Service, Training and Response Division
Public Health Agency of Canada
March 20, 2012
Defining “Public Health”
• John M. Last’s Dictionary of Public Health:
– Public health is one of the efforts organized by society to
protect, promote, and restore the peoples’ health
• Functions of public health
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Population health assessment
Health surveillance
Health promotion
Disease & injury prevention
Health protection
Emergency preparedness & response
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The Canadian Context
• Provincial and territorial responsibility for the
delivery of health services
• Collaborative approach to pan-Canadian
health human resource planning
• ACHDHR (F/P/T committee)
• Public Health Network
– Public Health Infrastructure Steering Committee
– Public Health Human Resources Task Group
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Framework for PHHR Planning
Vision: Through collaborative
planning, all jurisdictions in
Canada will have a flexible,
knowledgeable public health
workforce working in safe
supportive environments to meet
the population's public health
needs, & reduce health & social
disparities.
4 goals
• 19 strategies
• 86 activities
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Develop
accreditation
standards/quality
control measures
Done
Identify best practices in
education
including placements &
continuing education
Good
Progress
Started
Identify best practices
In interprofessional
deployment
Develop recruitment
retention strategies
to attract required
competencies
Develop worker
competency
assessment tools
and incentives
Define the public
health workforce
for planning
purposes
Develop structures
to support
interprofessional
education (space
time, instructors)
Align education
programs to reflect
competencies and
interprofessional
practice
Gather data on the
public health
workforce
Identify best
practices in
recruitment and
retention
Deploy workforce in
interprofessional
models based on
their competencies
Map the
competencies of each
discipline against the
core and function
specific competencies
Develop
organizational
competency
assessment tools
and incentives
Identify core public
Identify core
health services
public health
competencies
Identify function
specific public
health
competencies
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Public health needs of the population
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PHHR Task Group: Purpose
The overarching purpose of the PHHR Task
group is to:
– Provide strategic analysis and development of
public health initiatives requiring a systems
perspective and those requiring multiple
stakeholder involvement
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Core Competencies for Public Health
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Enumeration
• Naylor Report Recommendation re: PHHR planning
• Assessment of public health human resources in
Canada - limited by sparse data
• Jurisdictions struggling with continued shortages in
their respective public health workforces
• Overall - supply problems & inequitable distribution
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Quality Graduate Education
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Revised Master of Public Health (MPH) Program
and Practicum Guidelines
Survey of Canadian Universities Offering MPH
Programs – Assessing Use & Areas for Improvement
Emerging network of schools and programs in public
health
Accreditation
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Skills Online
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Skills Online is a continuing
professional development program for
public health professionals
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10, 8-week, online facilitated modules,
2 self-directed modules; English and
French
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Content mapped to the Core
Competencies for Public Health in
Canada
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Awarded 2011 CSTD silver award for
training excellence in e-learning
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Cited as a “best practice” by PAHO
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Caribbean delivery – Virtual campus
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Canadian Field Epidemiology Program
Program Mission:
To strengthen public
health practice in
Canada through
practical training in
applied epidemiology
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International activities
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STOP (Stop Transmission of Polio)
Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) requests
for assistance
Mass gathering surveillance, e.g.
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Cricket World Cup 2007
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Vancouver Olympic Games 2010
Surveillance technical assistance, e.g.
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PAHO Belize 2011-2012
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PAHO Bahamas 2012
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CAREC 2012 (Trinidad & Tobago)
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The Canadian Public Health Service
Mission:
To enhance Canada's public health
capacity by placing qualified public
health officers in jurisdictions across
Canada to respond to both routine
and emerging public health needs.
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HHR Lessons Learned
• Collaborative HHR planning is key
• Inter sectorial involvement
– Content experts
– Government representatives
• Clear plan/roadmap/framework endorsed by decision
makers
• Perseverance
– Step by step
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Possible Areas for Collaboration
• Skills Online
• Core Competencies for public health
• Field Services Training & Response Field
Services Training Institute
• PHHR TG – Sharing promising practices
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Thank you!
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