In this AI episode of NCSD Real Talk, we cover the current state of the public health workforce crisis, the driving forces behind it, the impacts of the crisis, and what actions we can take to help.
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*Though this podcast mentions "pregnant women", NCSD recognizes that people of all genders can be pregnant.
Information from this podcast is pulled from the following articles:
Gift, T. L., Cuffe, K. M., & Leichliter, J. S. (2018). The Impact of Budget Cuts on Sexually Transmitted Disease Programmatic Activities in State and Local Health Departments With Staffing Reductions in Fiscal Year 2012. Sexually transmitted diseases, 45(11), e87–e89. https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000894 Link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6785808/
Leichliter, J. S., Heyer, K., Peterman, T. A., Habel, M. A., Brookmeyer, K. A., Arnold Pang, S. S., Stenger, M. R., Weiss, G., & Gift, T. L. (2017). US Public Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinical Services in an Era of Declining Public Health Funding: 2013-14. Sexually transmitted diseases, 44(8), 505–509. https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000629 Link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5642112/
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