State Health Officials: Backgrounds and Qualifications.

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice : JPHMP
Valerie A YeagerSHO-CASE Steering Committee

Abstract

State health officials (SHOs), the executive and administrative leaders of state public health, play a key role in policy development, must be versed in the relevant/current evidence, and provide expertise about health issues to the legislature and the governor. To provide an empirical examination of SHO backgrounds and qualifications over time. Cross-sectional survey of current/former SHOs. State health official educational backgrounds; public health experience; previous employment setting. Two-thirds of respondents (64.6%) reported having a medical degree, approximately half (48.3%) a formal public health degree, and almost one-quarter (21.8%) a management degree. The majority had governmental public health experience at some prior point in their career (70.0%). Almost two-thirds worked in governmental public health immediately before becoming an SHO. The proportion that was female increased significantly by decade from 5.6% in the 1970s/80s to 46.4% in the 2010s (P = .02). The main finding from this study shows that more than two-thirds of SHOs have had governmental public health experience at some point in their career. This is not a new trend as there were no statistical differences in public health experience by decade. M...Continue Reading

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Feb 27, 2019·Journal of Public Health Management and Practice : JPHMP·Paul K HalversonGlen Mays
Nov 26, 2019·Journal of Public Health Management and Practice : JPHMP·Leslie M Beitsch
Feb 23, 2019·Journal of Public Health Management and Practice : JPHMP·Steven F BoedigheimerUNKNOWN SHO-CASE Steering Committee
Nov 27, 2020·Journal of Public Health Management and Practice : JPHMP·Paul K HalversonLori T Freeman

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