Public health informatics specialists in state and local public health workforce: insights from public health workforce interests and needs survey

• Published in: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 748 - 754
• Main Authors: Rajamani, Sripriya, Leider, Jonathon P, Gunashekar, Divya Rupini, Dixon, Brian E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.04.2025
• Subjects: Adult; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Needs Assessment; Public Health; Public Health Informatics - education; Specialization; Surveys and Questionnaires; United States; Workforce; United States; public health informatics; survey; informatics training; public health informatics specialists; informatics workforce; public health

Modernizing and strengthening the US public health data and information infrastructure requires a strong public health informatics (PHI) workforce. The study objectives were to characterize existing PHI specialists and assess informatics-related training needs. To examine the PHI workforce, the 2021...