Rethinking public health: new training for new times

Abstract

The new public health agenda will require major changes in the way health authorities, local authorities, Trusts and Primary Care Groups organise and manage their activities. The requirement is for inter-agency co-ordination and inter-professional and inter-sectoral working to a shared agenda, yet the human and resources development planning to achieve these goals has not been done. This paper summarises the key training issues and argues for a collaborative, decentralised and quality assured approach to multidisciplinary public health management education and training. Only with such a joined up human resources plan can Our Healthier Nation succeed where The Health of the Nation signally failed.

Collaboration between practice, policy and research in local public health in the Netherlands

“…In terms of success, three of the six projects achieved sustained collaboration beyond the initial funding period. The successful cases, namely hepatitis B, Schoolbeat, and Heartbeat, had much higher total scores (35,53, and 54, respectively; maximum score = 60) than the unsuccessful cases (24, 10 and 25). Therefore, we tentatively suggest a cut-off point for success between 25 and 35 (around 50% score), and a successful project appeared to require the application of a number of practical strategies at each level.…”

“…Culture has to do with shared beliefs and values among members. Capacity building is essential to enhance the knowledge, skills, resources, and commitment of key actors across the niches in order to reach a higher public health standard that is more responsive to community needs [34][35][36][37][38][39].…”

A Masterclass to Teach Public Health Professionals to Conduct Practice-Based Research to Promote Evidence-Based Practice

“…[30][31][32][33][34] Although we recommend continuing the masterclass, we want to make 2 comments on necessary conditions and a final comment on requirements for the course. First, the masterclass can only be effective in public health practice if the management of the organization for which participants work is genuinely involved and commits itself to improving the quality of their public health performance based on practice-based research projects.…”

Samenwerking tussen beleid, praktijk en onderzoek in de publieke gezondheidszorg: resultaten van een multiple-case studie

“…Capaciteitsontwikkeling is essentieel om de kennis, vaardigheden, tijd en middelen aangereikt te krijgen om te kunnen samenwerken. [35][36][37][38][39][40] Praktische strategieën op dit niveau hebben dus vooral te maken met het in kaart brengen van de huidige organisatie, het bepalen van de visie en het opstellen van een plan van aanpak voor het verandertraject, inclusief communicatie, personeelsbeleid, bijscholing en wederzijdse dienstverlening.…”