HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration recently published a “how-to” guide to help states and partner agencies meet health workforce objectives in support of Healthy People 2010, the nation's public health agenda for the next decade.

Titled The Key Ingredient of the National Prevention Agenda: Workforce Development; A Companion Document to Healthy People 2010, the guide contains practical examples of strategies and resources that health planners can use to meet workforce projections, increase the proportion of minority health workers, and improve continuing education and competency training programs.

The companion document is geared to state and local health officials, Healthy People coordinators, workforce development coordinators, minority health directors and personnel officers.

The nation’s health workforce plays an important role in achieving national Healthy People 2010 objectives.  Several items under the HP 2010 objectives of Access to Quality Health Services (#1) and Public Health Infrastructure (#23) deal with issues of workforce development, education and training, and resources.

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