Public health human resources: a comparative analysis of policy documents in two Canadian provinces

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dc.contributor.authorRegan, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorMacDonald, Marjorie
dc.contributor.authorAllan, Diane E
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Cheryl
dc.contributor.authorPeroff-Johnston, Nancy
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-22T17:44:10Z
dc.date.available2015-05-22T17:44:10Z
dc.date.copyright2014en_US
dc.date.issued2014-02-24
dc.descriptionBioMed Centralen_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Amidst concerns regarding the capacity of the public health system to respond rapidly and appropriately to threats such as pandemics and terrorism, along with changing population health needs, governments have focused on strengthening public health systems. A key factor in a robust public health system is its workforce. As part of a nationally funded study of public health renewal in Canada, a policy analysis was conducted to compare public health human resources-relevant documents in two Canadian provinces, British Columbia (BC) and Ontario (ON), as they each implement public health renewal activities. Methods: A content analysis of policy and planning documents from government and public health-related organizations was conducted by a research team comprised of academics and government decision-makers. Documents published between 2003 and 2011 were accessed (BC = 27; ON = 20); documents were either publicly available or internal to government and excerpted with permission. Documentary texts were deductively coded using a coding template developed by the researchers based on key health human resources concepts derived from two national policy documents. Results: Documents in both provinces highlighted the importance of public health human resources planning and policies; this was particularly evident in early post-SARS documents. Key thematic areas of public health human resources identified were: education, training, and competencies; capacity; supply; intersectoral collaboration; leadership; public health planning context; and priority populations. Policy documents in both provinces discussed the importance of an educated, competent public health workforce with the appropriate skills and competencies for the effective and efficient delivery of public health services. Conclusion: This policy analysis identified progressive work on public health human resources policy and planning with early documents providing an inventory of issues to be addressed and later documents providing evidence of beginning policy development and implementation. While many similarities exist between the provinces, the context distinctive to each province has influenced and shaped how they have focused their public health human resources policies.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study is funded by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Emerging Team Grant (FRN 92255) to Marjorie MacDonald, Trevor Hancock, Bernadette Pauly, and Ruta Valaitis (principal applicants). Dr. Marjorie MacDonald is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Public Health Agency of Canada Applied Public Health Chair Awarden_US
dc.identifier.citationRegan et al.: Public health human resources: a comparative analysis of policy documents in two Canadian provinces. Human Resources for Health 2014 12:13.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.human-resources-health.com/content/12/1/13
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-4491-12-13
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/6198
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHuman Resources for Healthen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectPublic health human resources
dc.subjectPublic health workforce
dc.subjectPolicy analysis
dc.subjectPublic health systems renewal
dc.subjectPublic health systems research
dc.subjectRenewal of Public Health Systems Research Project
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Nursing
dc.titlePublic health human resources: a comparative analysis of policy documents in two Canadian provincesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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