Indiana State Health Improvement Plan (I-SHIP) - State of Indiana

ES8: Maintain a Competent Public Health Workforce ES-8.1
Maintain a Qualified Public Health Workforce
Assessment vs. Standard
Recruit, hire and retain a
qualified and diverse
public health workforce.
Identify Gaps
Activities Participation
Apply recruitment and
retention policies and
make them available to
staff.
Make job standards and
position descriptions
available to staff.
Confirm that staff meet
qualifications for their
positions, job
classifications and
licensure.
Establish relationships
and/or collaborate with
schools of public health
and/or other related
academic programs to
promote the development
of qualified workers for
public health.
Local health officer
LHD or county HR dept.
Local board of health
Local health officer
LHD or county HR dept.
LHD staff
Local health officer or
designee
LHD or county HR dept.
College/university
registrar
Local health officer
LHD staff
SHD staff
College/university
faculty
Professional associations
Prerequistes/External Factors
Adequate funding for a professional public health workforce
Available qualified applicants
Resources for developing & maintaining appropriate job descriptions
Common understanding among of possibilities and expectations LHD and college/university supervisors
Awareness of appropriate intern activities
Availability of interns
Resources for managing interns
Awareness by LHD and SHD of resources colleges and universities can provide
Program Goal Development
Short Medium Long
Done routinely for
recruitment in 100% of
LHDs; 50% of LHDs have
formal retention policy
Done routinely in 100% of
LHDs
Done routinely in 100% of
LHDs
Done routinely in 50% of
LHDs
SHD expand partnerships
to 25% of available
colleges and universities
Done routinely for
recruitment in 100% of
LHDs; 75% of LHDs
have formal retention
policy
Done routinely in 100%
of LHDs
Done routinely in 100%
of LHDs
Done routinely in 50% of
LHDs and as needed by
50% of LHDs
SHD expand partnerships
to 50% of available
colleges and universities
Done routinely for
recruitment in 100%
of LHDs; 100% of
LHDs have retention
formal policy
Done routinely in
100% of LHDs
Done routinely in
100% of LHDs
Done routinely in
100% of LHDs
SHD expand
partnerships to 75%
of available colleges
and universities