AUTHOR=Bürkin Barbara Maria , Venticich Pete Milos , Adongo Philip Baba , De Almeida-Filho Naomar , Magaña Laura , Middleton John , Souza Luis Eugenio , Czabanowska Katarzyna 

TITLE=Revolutionizing the Public Health Workforce—A Policy Brief in Retrospect of the World Congress on Public Health Rome 2020

JOURNAL=Public Health Reviews

VOLUME=Volume 44 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/public-health-reviews/articles/10.3389/phrs.2023.1604807

DOI=10.3389/phrs.2023.1604807

ISSN=2107-6952

ABSTRACT=The Covid-19 pandemic dramatically illustrates the consequences of inadequate priorisiation of the Public Health Workforce (PHW). This Policy Brief introduces a Call for Action following the plenary session entitled “Revolutionising Public Health Workforce (PHW) as Agents of Change” as part of the 2020 World Congress on Public Health. Public health education of the future requires a paradigm shift towards a holistic understanding of public health, characterised by transdisciplinary education, inter-professional training and a closer integration of academia, health services and communities.