UR247371

Health Workforce Research Center Cooperative Agreement Program - Topic Area: Public Health Workforce

Applicant: Center for Public Health Systems, Health Policy & Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, 420 Delaware St SE, MMC 729, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Principal Investigator: Jonathon P. Leider, PhD.
Email: leider@umn.edu
Phone: 612-625-0908

Funds Requested: $900,000 a year for five years

Faculty and staff from 6 schools of public health will create a consortium for public health workforce research (C WORPH), in collaboration with CDC and HRSA, and under the advisement and in partnership with national public health organizations. The consortium will conduct eight public health workforce research projects per year, focusing especially on public health workforce composition, recruitment, retention, and understanding the supply of and demand for new public health practitioners. These projects will be scientifically rigorous and practice-oriented, designed in partnership with national membership organizations, federal partners, and others to ensure direct and timely translation into practice. The consortium will make significant contributions to CDC's Workforce Development Action Plan specifically and toward the public health workforce research agenda generally.

Objectives:

1. Establish a national consortium of schools of public health with national partners providing guidance toward the research agenda and collaborating on research studies, especially around dissemination and implementation.

2. Conduct 8 projects per year related to public health workforce research, as mutually identified and selected by the project team and CDC/HRSA.

3. Create products for each project suitable for peer-reviewed literature, and additional products meant for use within the broader public health practice community.

4. Create a website that will host public health workforce-related research and resources.

5. Propose updates to the previously-published National Public Health Workforce Research Agenda.

Project funds will be used to support staff time at each consortium member. Each member will lead at least 1 project per year (UMN will lead 3 projects per year). Studies will be identified and selected by consortium members in collaboration with national funders and other partners.

Proposed Studies:

HRSA Priority 1
- Triangulated turnover assessment
- Description of roles of nurses in COVID-19
- Strategies to create sustainable investments

HRSA Priority 2
- Variation in workforce composition
- Mental health of the workforce
- Comparison of occupational factors

HRSA Priority 3
- Workforce development planning insights
- Review of state hiring laws
- Estimating the workforce supply

HRSA Priority 4
- Roles of community health workers
- Use and evaluation of a dashboard tool
- Career ladders in recruitment and retention

Dissemination and implementation of research findings and products will occur through national partners, peer-reviewed manuscripts, and a consortium website.

Consortium Members: University of Minnesota (prime), Indiana University, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, University of Washington, and Eastern Tennessee State University.

The partners are: The Association for State and Territorial Health Officials, The National Association for County and City Health Officials and the State Associations of County and City Health Officials, The Big Cities Health Coalition, The Public Health Accreditation Board, The Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, MissionSquare, The de Beaumont Foundation, The Regional Public Health Training Centers, The State Associations of County and City Health Officials, and The National Consortium for Public Health Workforce Development.

Regents Of The University Of Minnesota

NOT APPLICABLE

93.300 - National Center for Health Workforce Analysis

HRSA Office of Federal Assistance Management (OFAM) [HHS - HRSA]

Maryland United States

State-Wide

HRSA-22-177

COVID-19 $900,000 (100%) percent of this Project Grant was funded by COVID-19 emergency acts including the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been shortened from 08/31/27 to 08/31/25 and the total obligations have increased 100% from $450,000 to $900,000.