Public Health Workforce Assessment – How to respond to the results? Our Mission: To protect and improve the health and environment of all Kansans.

Domains with Highest Proficiency LHDsKDHE  Communication Skills (highest across tiers)  Cultural Competency (Tier 1)  Community Dimensions of Practice Skills (Tiers 1 and 2)  Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills (Tiers 2 and 3)  Financial Planning and Management Skills (Tier 3 only)  Communication Skills  Analytical and Assessment Skills  Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills (Tiers 2 and 3) Source: Kansas Public Health Workforce Assessment

Domains with Lowest Proficiency LHDsKDHE  Public Health Sciences Skills (lowest across tiers)  Financial Planning and Management Skills (Tiers 1 and 2)  Analytical and Assessment Skills (Tiers 2 and 3)  Policy Development/Program Planning (Tiers 1 and 2)  Cultural competency (Tier 3)  Public Health Sciences Skills  Financial Planning and Management Skills  Cultural Competency  Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills (Tier 1 only) Source: Kansas Public Health Workforce Assessment Public Health Sciences – #1 Describe and advise on laws, regulations, policies and procedures for the ethical conduct of research Apply 10 Essential Services Identify basic PH sciences, epidemiology, environmental, biostatistics Review scientific evidence Contribute to building the scientific base for PH

Domains with Lowest Proficiency LHDsKDHE  Public Health Sciences Skills (lowest across tiers)  Financial Planning and Management Skills (Tiers 1 and 2)  Analytical and Assessment Skills (Tiers 2 and 3)  Policy Development/Program Planning (Tiers 1 and 2)  Cultural competency (Tier 3)  Public Health Sciences Skills  Financial Planning and Management Skills  Cultural Competency  Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills (Tier 1 only) Source: Kansas Public Health Workforce Assessment Financial Planning and Management– #1 Describe the organizational structures, functions, and authorities of local, state, and federal public health agencies PH Informatics Contribute to funding proposals, contracts and give input on program budgets Evaluate program performance

Policy Development/Program Planning – #1 Explain the expected outcomes of policy options Analytical and Assessment Skills #1 Describe the public health applications of quantitative and qualitative data PH Sciences Sills #1 Contribute to building the scientific base of public health Domains with High Percentages Who Don’t Think It Applies LHDsKDHE  Financial Planning and Management Skills (Tiers 1 and 2)  Policy Development/Program Planning (Tier 1)  Analytical and Assessment Skills (Tiers 1 and 2)  Public Health Sciences Skills (Tiers 2 and 3)  Cultural Competency  Public Health Sciences Skills  Community Dimensions of Practice Skills  Financial Planning and Management Skills (Tier 1 only) Source: Kansas Public Health Workforce Assessment

Our Mission: To protect and improve the health and environment of all Kansans. Major findings: Public health sciences skills was the domain with lowest proficiency rating across all tiers for both local health departments and KDHE (with the exception of KDHE Tier 3) Significant percentages of LHD and KDHE staff reported that the competencies in the “Financial Planning and Management Skills” domain do not apply to their job (64% for LHD-Tier 1; 51% of KDHE- Tier 1). Age stratification of the workforce: There is a significant percentage close to retirement age and there is not a high percentage of new, young staff coming in to the workforce (see graphs p.3)

Our Mission: To protect and improve the health and environment of all Kansans.  With the exception of some specific communities, the race and ethnicity demographics do not match those of the state, especially for KDHE (see graphs p.3)  There is interest in a public health certificate program specifically with local health department staff with 38% percent reporting they are definitely interested and 31% unsure  Tier A—The question with the lowest percentage of employees responding with agree/strongly agree was “Employees are continually developed through training, education, and opportunities for promotion” KDHE %, LHDs— 66.67% (lowest overall for both). Additionally, KDHE and LHDs had a low percentage of agree/strongly agree for “Training is implemented as part of an overall system of employee development” KDHE—66.67%, LHDs—68.14%

Our Mission: To protect and improve the health and environment of all Kansans. Workforce Development Coordinating Council – Janice Powers Nick Baldetti Charlotte Marthaler How else do you want to give feedback about this data and the initiatives to respond to it? –Other Council attendees? –Courses, events, TA, surveys? What are we going to do about this?

Our Mission: To protect and improve the health and environment of all Kansans.