Social and Behavioural Health Sciences Division & Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, 155 College Street, Suite 408, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M7, Canada.
Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Population Medicine Building, Room 212, 50 Stone Rd E, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada.
Can J Public Health. 2020 Dec;111(6):921-925. doi: 10.17269/s41997-020-00436-w. Epub 2020 Nov 11.
In Canada and globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of reliable and responsive public health systems. The pandemic has required decisive leadership and collaboration across all sectors of society informed by the best available evidence. In this commentary, we argue that in order to create a robust public health system equipped to address current and future public health challenges, we must prioritize and invest in stronger relationships between public health practice and academia. We briefly review key recommendations following the SARS outbreak, particularly those calling for stronger linkages between public health academia and practice settings in Canada. We then propose key actions for strengthening these linkages. Echoing other COVID-19-related calls, which request long-term reinvestment in public health education and training, we recommend the following actions: (1) Improve collaboration between education programs and public health agencies to address system needs (e.g., surge capacity) and persisting health inequities; (2) Fund a pan-Canadian public health training initiative that builds on a renewed set of public health competencies to address priority training needs (e.g., equity-oriented leadership); and (3) Prepare a cadre of certified public health leaders who can progress along public health career pathways, including those already in practice.
在加拿大和全球范围内，COVID-19 大流行凸显了可靠和响应迅速的公共卫生系统的重要性。这场大流行需要所有社会部门的果断领导和协作，并以最佳现有证据为指导。在这篇评论中，我们认为，为了建立一个强大的公共卫生系统，以应对当前和未来的公共卫生挑战，我们必须优先考虑并投资于加强公共卫生实践和学术界之间的关系。我们简要回顾了 SARS 疫情后的一些关键建议，特别是那些呼吁加强加拿大公共卫生学术界和实践机构之间联系的建议。然后，我们提出了加强这些联系的关键行动。呼应其他与 COVID-19 相关的呼吁，要求对公共卫生教育和培训进行长期再投资，我们建议采取以下行动：（1）改善教育计划和公共卫生机构之间的合作，以解决系统需求（例如，应急能力）和持续存在的健康不平等问题；（2）资助一项全加公共卫生培训倡议，该倡议建立在一套新的公共卫生能力基础上，以满足优先培训需求（例如，以公平为导向的领导力）；（3）培养一批能够沿着公共卫生职业道路发展的认证公共卫生领导人，包括那些已经在实践中的领导人。
