Enhancing Public Health Practice Through Critical Task Analysis

We are thrilled to announce that our latest findings based on our 2022 public health job task analysis has been published in the prestigious Journal of Public Health Management & Practice. This study, titled "Perceptions of Criticality and Frequency of Tasks in Public Health Practice," delves into the essential tasks performed by public health professionals and their perceived importance and frequency. Our findings offer valuable insights that can help shape future training and resource allocation in the public health sector.

Key Findings

• Public health professionals view the vast majority of the tasks that they perform as important in sustaining and improving the public’s health.

• Professionals’ views of the most critical and frequent tasks generally do not differ regarding the professionals’ basic demographic or organizational characteristic.

• Communication and leadership tasks are the most prominent among the top 10 critical tasks that professionals perform. They are also viewed as the most frequent.

• Advocacy and policy tasks occur most often with low criticality and low frequency.

Conclusion

Our research provides a roadmap for improving public health practice by focusing on the most critical tasks. We believe that these insights will be instrumental in guiding future public health policies and practices. We invite you to read the full article in the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice  to explore our findings in detail. To view this publication and more of our research, visit our Publications page.