Public Health Nutrition Workforce Enumeration: Training

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Public Health Nutrition Workforce
EnumerationTraining

• Alexa George
• Betsy Haughton
• Department of Nutrition,
• The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Monitoring Trends in the Public Health Nutrition
Workforce

• Purpose Workforce enumeration
• Only comprehensive source of workforce data on
  nutritionists in state local PH agencies
• 6 Previous surveys1985-2000
• In 2000 10,904 positions surveyed (88 response
  rate)
• Healthy People 2010 Goal 23
• Ensure that Federal, Tribal, State, and local
  health agencies have the infrastrucutre to
  provide essential public health services
  effectively.

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Monitoring Trends in the Public Health Nutrition
Workforce

• Objectives for 2005
• Identify trends in PHN workforce
• Determine capacity of PHN workforce
• Assist PH agency planning evaluation
• Identify training needs
• Measure qualifications of staff
• Evaluate use of Web-based survey

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Survey Administration

• On-line administration
• Individuals access password-protected site with
  9-digit unique ID
• On-line access available from any location
  (worksite, home, library)
• Print administration only as default when on-line
  not available
• Will be entered into on-line format by designated
  staff within each state

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Roles and responsibilities

• Data Epidemiology Committee
• USDA, FNS
• Project Leadership Team
• ASTPHND designees affiliates

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Data Epi Committee Members

• Denise Ferris, Chair
• Director Nutrition Services Charleston, WV
• Kristin Biskeborn
• State Nutritionist South Dakota Department of
  Health
• Linda Peterson
• PH Nutrition Consultant Wisconsin Division of
  Public Health

• Sharon Sugerman
• Research Scientist Public Health
  InstituteSacramento, CA
• Sue Wilson
• Nutrition Program Manager Department of Health
  WIC and Nutrition ServicesTallahassee, FL

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Data Epi Committee Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on design, pilot testing
  implementation plan for Web-based survey
• Provide guidance on survey questions revisions
• Review pilot test results make recommendations
  accordingly
• Review survey results participate in
  understanding implications results
• Review final report

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USDA, FNS Responsibilities

• Provide funding for 2004-07
• Provide project oversight work with Office of
  Management and Budget (OMB)
• Provide guidance on survey questions revisions
• Project officer Stephanie Cook

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Project Leadership Team Responsibilities

• Members
• Susanne Gregory, Executive Director ASTPHND
• Denise Ferris, Chair, Data Epi Committee
• Betsy Haughton, Professor
• Alexa George, Graduate Research Assistant, The
  University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Survey design and analysis
• Training of ASTPHND designees
• Final report

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ASTPHND Designees Responsibilities

• Receive training on survey administration
• Divide state into appropriate districts/regions/me
  tros to assign 9-digit unique ID
• -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
• local state individual
• 001-999 XX 0001-9999
• Oversight of survey administration within state
  in coordination with local directors

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ASTPHND Designees Responsibilities

• Determine which positions to survey
• Maintain master file of respondents unique IDs
  to
• follow-up with non-respondents
• verify responses to selected questions
• Protect confidentiality privacy
• Submit transmittal form for state survey
  administration

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Project Timeframe

• June 2005Preliminary presentation at ASTPHND
  meeting
• October 2005 Training Resources available to
  state staff who will be implementing the survey
  in their states.
• November 2005 a 1.5 hour training conference
  call will be offered on several different days
  and times to accommodate schedules and time
  zones.
• January 2006 to March 2006 - Survey
  implementation
• June 2006Preliminary results, ASTPHND 2006
• Annual Meeting (based on USDA approval to
  present)
• January 2007Final report submitted to USDA, FNS
  and preparing publications for peer-reviewed
  journals.

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Next steps

• Begin thinking about how to divide your state
  into appropriate districts/regions/metros how
  to work with local directors to implement survey.
• Begin determining personnel type to complete
  survey
• Plan for state implementation of the survey in
  January 2006.
• Review orientation materials prior to Survey
  Implementation Training Calls in Sept.
  (orientation materials will be distributed prior
  to the Conference Calls)

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For Questions, contact

• Training-related questions
• Susanne Gregory
• susanne_at_astphnd.org
• Technology-related questions
• Alexa George
• ageorge3_at_utk.edu
• Betsy Haughton
• haughton_at_utk.edu