Kuhlmann Ellen, Czabanowska Katarzyna, Brînzac Monica Georgina, de León Emilia Aragón, Falkenbach Michelle, Ungureanu Marius-Ionut, Wismar Matthias, Zapata Tomas, Correia Tiago
Institute for Economics Labour and Culture, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
WHO Collaborating Center for Health Workforce Policies and Planning, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, UNL, Lisbon, Portugal.
Int J Health Plann Manage. 2025 Jul;40(4):802-809. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3934. Epub 2025 Apr 10.
The 74th WHO Europe Regional Committee introduced a set of health priorities comprising core areas of public health and expanded tasks to respond to multiple crises and emergent needs of populations and health systems. No systematic procedure of competencies development and routine review has been established to align changing health policy priorities and workforce. We argue for a transformative approach to competencies development from theoretical constructs to actionable pathways. A rapid qualitative assessment of three of the most relevant public health workforce competencies frameworks in the WHO European region was undertaken using selected priorities and the public health workforce as cases. The results highlight that existing competencies frameworks provide some helpful guidance, but gaps exist in specific and generic competencies and leadership. Further research and policy are needed, calling European and national policymakers to action to invest in public health competencies development to respond to evolving priorities.
第74届世界卫生组织欧洲区域委员会提出了一套卫生优先事项，包括公共卫生的核心领域以及为应对多重危机和人群及卫生系统的新出现需求而扩展的任务。尚未建立系统的能力发展和定期审查程序，以调整不断变化的卫生政策优先事项与劳动力之间的关系。我们主张采用一种变革性方法，将能力发展从理论构想转变为可操作的途径。以选定的优先事项和公共卫生劳动力为案例，对世界卫生组织欧洲区域三个最相关的公共卫生劳动力能力框架进行了快速定性评估。结果表明，现有的能力框架提供了一些有用的指导，但在特定能力、通用能力和领导力方面存在差距。需要进一步开展研究和制定政策，呼吁欧洲和国家政策制定者采取行动，投资于公共卫生能力发展，以应对不断变化的优先事项。
