People come from a variety of disciplines to work in public health – from administration and biology to nursing and zoology – but they all have one thing in common: the work they do is aimed at protecting and improving the health of a whole community through actions that prevent the spread of diseases or that remove environmental risks to health. Sometimes their work is accomplished for individuals – one patient or permit at a time.  Sometimes, this work is seen in policy decisions or community-wide health education.  Health information changes rapidly, including science-based evidence about what treatments, policies and interventions are most effective. This aspect of the PHIP work plan focuses on the 4500 employees of state and local agencies to ensure they have access to formal and informal training through such avenues as orientations, mentoring, web-based learning, distance learning, and leadership development.

2005 - 2007 Priorities