Challenges and innovations in surveying the governmental public health workforce

J.P. Leider, G. Shah, N. Rider, A. Beck, B.C. Castrucci, J.K. Harris, K. Sellers, D. Varda, J. Ye, P.C. Erwin and R.C. Brownson

American Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 106, issue 11, 1967-1974

Abstract: Surveying governmental public health practitioners is a critical means of collecting data about public health organizations, their staff, and their partners. A greater focus on evidencebased practices, practice-based systems research, and evaluation has resulted in practitioners consistently receiving requests to participate in myriad surveys. This can result in a substantial survey burden for practitioners and declining response rates for researchers. This is potentially damaging to practitioners and researchers aswell as thefield of public health more broadly. We have examined recent developments in survey research, especially issues highly relevant for public health practice. We have also proposed a process by which researchers can engage with practitioners and practitioner groups on research questions of mutual interest.

Keywords: human; physician; public health service; scientist; health services research; information dissemination; methodology; organization and management; professional standard; public health service; questionnaire; reproducibility; research; time factor; United States, Health Services Research; Humans; Information Dissemination; Professional Role; Reproducibility of Results; Research; Research Design; Surveys and Questionnaires; Time Factors; United States; United States Public Health Service (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303424

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