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Data Tool to Calculate Contact Tracer Workforce Need

5/11/2020

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Moderated by Leana Wen, this session explores the development of the Mullan Institute's Contact Tracing Workforce Estimator tool, the collaboration involved in the development, and the importance of the tool to help county, state, and national public health officials’ plan their contact tracing efforts. Candice Chen, MD, MPH, of the George Washington University Mullan Institute describes the impetus for the estimator tool, provides a brief overview of its development, and what it is hoped can be accomplished through its use. Marcus Plescia, 
MD, MPH, of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) talks about the tool’s potential to bring greater awareness of contact tracing to its members with realistic measures of staff volume and mixed workforce, as well as coordination considerations when expanding staffing resources. Chris Aldridge, MSW, at the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) discusses the importance of being able to change the tool parameters to see local level needs to help health departments project current and future caseloads.
relevant resources
  • To Strengthen The Public Health Response To COVID-19, We Need Community Health Workers
  • A National Plan to Enable Comprehensive COVID-19 Case Finding and Contact tracing in the US
  • A Coordinated, National Approach to Scaling Public Health Capacity for Contact Tracing and Disease Investigation​​
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An Opportunity to Build the Public Health Workforce

5/11/2020

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Moderated by Lynn Goldman, Dean of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, this session highlights the importance of public health’s role in building stronger communities and considerations for scaling-up contact tracing. Jeffrey Levi, PhD, of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health provides a national historical overview of public health workforce spending decline and the potential investments needed to rebuild the public health infrastructure. Amanda D. Castel, MD, MPH, of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health shares her observations as a volunteer of the DC Health Department, providing an in-depth look into the on-the-ground work by public health workers and the implications of COVID-19 response on other preventative health services. Alan E. Greenberg, MD, MPH, of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health and School of Medicine and Health Sciences describes past experiences from the HIV/AIDS epidemic that may help inform the pandemic response.

​relevant resources
  • CDC Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Burn Rate Calculator
  • Developing a Financing System to Support Public Health Infrastructure
  • A National Plan to Enable Comprehensive COVID-19 Case Finding and Contact tracing in the U.S.
  • A Coordinated, National Approach to Scaling Public Health Capacity for Contact Tracing and Disease Investigation
  • Invisible Soldiers on the Frontlines: The Realities of Contact Tracing
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  • About
    • Core Faculty and Staff
    • Affiliated Faculty
    • International Collaborators
    • In the News >
      • Newsroom
      • Webinars
      • Newsletters
      • Other Resources
    • Legacy Fund
    • In Memoriam >
      • Catarina Castruccio-Prince
      • Fitzhugh Mullan
    • Contact Us
  • Workforce Trackers
  • Research
    • Behavioral Health Workforce
    • COVID-19 Webinars
    • Diversity Initiative
    • Health Workforce Research Centers
    • Home Care Workforce
    • Moral Injury
    • Reproductive Health Workforce
    • Social Mission Metrics
  • Action
    • Social Mission Alliance
    • Workplace Change Collaborative
    • Health Workforce Equity Summit
    • Health Workforce Speakers
    • Where are we speaking?
  • Education
    • Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity
    • Office of Minority Health Minority Leaders Development Program
    • ​Residency Fellowship in Health Policy
  • Publications
    • White Papers