The development of a fully-competent public health workforce as a key component of the nation's public health infrastructure has become the focus of increasing attention. The subject is included in one, and is the major topic of a second, report from the Institute of Medicine published late in 2002. Workforce issues have stimulated the convening of the majority of public health-related associations in a range of collaborations on the subjects of defining, enumerating, credentialing, educating, and studying the workforce. The authors review the major questions confronting the field and introduce key components of current thinking about approaches to improvement.

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公共卫生工作人员。

作为国家公共卫生基础设施的关键组成部分，具有足够能力的公共卫生劳动力的发展已成为越来越受到关注的焦点。该主题包含在一个主题中，是第二个主题，该主题是美国医学研究所于2002年末发布的报告。劳动力问题促使大多数与公共卫生相关的协会召集了一系列有关该主题的合作定义，枚举，认证，教育和研究劳动力的过程。作者回顾了该领域面临的主要问题，并介绍了当前有关改进方法的思想的关键组成部分。