Loving and Leaving Public Health

Abstract

This article describes a cross-sectional survey that examines how demographics, job and workplace environment characteristics, job satisfaction, and reasons for initially joining public health predict state health agency workers' intentions to leave the organization within the next year.

Does Money Matter

“…42 Other studies published in this issue find that earnings dissatisfaction may also be associated with less positive perceptions about one's job and organization, which, in turn, may be limiting employee performance. 43 , 44 These possible associations bear further examination by researchers and practitioners alike.…”

The Methods of PH WINS 2017: Approaches to Refreshing Nationally Representative State-Level Estimates and Creating Nationally Representative Local-Level Estimates of Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs

“…In addition, the workplace environment section was expanded for those individuals who indicated they were considering leaving their organization within the next year. In 2014, we noticed a large proportion of staff were considering leaving17 but did not adequately capture information regarding for how long they had considered leaving, why they were considering leaving, and whether they had taken any steps to do so. Survey questions for these items were added and pretested for 2017.…”

Evaluating the Implementation of a Twitter-Based Foodborne Illness Reporting Tool in the City of St. Louis Department of Health

“…Other participants described their colleagues who struggle with technology as older employees. Although we did not collect participant age, this perception is consistent with the lower levels of social media use by older adults [ 18 ] and the aging of the public health workforce [ 19 ]. Additional concerns about lack of support of external organizations, including other city government agencies and the restaurant association, also described a possible lack of understanding of social media and how the Dashboard works.…”