Duncan Cole, Emma Rengasamy, Shafqat Batchelor, Charles Pope, Stephen Riley, Anne Marie Cunningham
Using social media to support small group learning
BMC medical education
study examined whether distinct factors exist among public health skills measured public health workforce interests needs survey ph wins understanding workforce training needs group important developing targeted appropriate public health workforce training sessions exploratory factor analysis used examine public health skills among tier 1 staff nonmanagers combined group tier 2 3 staff managers executives data study come 2017 ph wins assessed public health workforce perceptions training needs workplace environment job satisfaction perceptions national trends demographics analysis included 22 items public health staff participating agencies eligible complete survey national data set included participants 47 state health agencies 26 large local health departments lhds 71 midsized lhds across 10 health human services regions united states including lhds states analytic sample n 9630 tier 1 n 4829 tier 2 n 714 tier 3 staff three factors identified within skills portion ph wins using exploratory factor analysis interpret retained factors following parameters used factor loadings greater 04 factor crossloadings less 04 higher loadings factors communalities greater 05 factors included 1 data systems thinking 2 planning management 3 community collaboration slight variation item loadings tier 1 tier 2 3 staff analyses study first known factor analysis training needs workforce skills portion ph wins published literature study advances conceptualization public health workforce skills potential shape future critical workforce training development