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2009 Direct from CDC columns
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Guest columnists Jeffrey Neistadt and Tim Murphy ask
Are We Really Saving Resources with Current Hiring Practices at Local Health Departments? [PDF
418 KB] Workforce shortages and the small number of graduates from accredited EH academic programs have led many local health departments to hire entry-level personnel who may not have a degree or educational training in EH or public health. These employees may be more limited in critical EH competencies because they lack necessary training.
This article is published in the
January-February 2009 issue
[PDF
153 KB] of the Journal of Environmental Health.