Reimagining the Public Health Workforce of Tomorrow

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Thanks very much for all the positive and constructive feedback from our team’s presentation on the public health workforce at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association in Atlanta.? In this week's newsletter, I present a summary of our findings. If these findings resonate with you, please get in touch and let’s work on rebuilding together.

“Raise your hand if any of these challenges sound familiar?”

During my remote, pre-recorded video presentation at the American Public Health Association Meeting 2023 in Atlanta, I asked members of the audience to raise their hand if any of the challenges to the public heath workforce that we had outlined sounded familiar.

?? I wasn’t physically present in the room to observe what happened, but I added a slide to my presentation with my contact details, and encouraged audience members to contact me. A few minutes later, my LinkedIn inbox exploded with new messages from new contacts!

• “All the hands were raised in the room!”
• “Amazing Presentation at #APHA2023 today on such important topic.”
• “It felt like a sermon. So many ‘hmmmms’ - people really related with it!”
• “It was so powerful.”
• “extremely interesting… very timely… a great session.”
• “it was phenomenal. Thank you for your work and your research….I wanted you to know how grateful I am for your voice and the information you've shared.”
• “My coworker said it’s the best session she’s been to this year so far!”

Thank you to all the members of the public health workforce in the audience who got in touch with me to express your support.? Please see below for a summary of the findings that we presented.??

For the video of the full presentation, click here.?

For an article sharing our findings, click here....??

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