REVIEW
Public Health Rev
Volume 46 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/phrs.2025.1606334
This article is part of the Special IssueTRANSFORMATIVE PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATIONView all 21 articles
Abu Dhabi Public Health workforce development: learning points from the comparison of six countries.
Tahani Al-Qadiri1
Marília Silva Paulo1,2*
Katarzyna Czabanowska3Erik Koornneef1
Mohamud Sheek-Hussein1,4Michal Grivna1,5- 1Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
- 2CHRC, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NMS, FCM, Universidade NOVAde Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- 3Department of International Health, Institute of Care and Public Health Research, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
- 4School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States
- 5Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Prague, Czechia
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Objectives: This study aimed to review the healthcare systems and the educational public health (PH) the workforce structures in six countries: the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the United States of America (USA), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the United Kingdom (UK), Canada, and Singapore.Methods: This review was developed by searching databases from the World Health Organization and the World Bank, official data from each country's respective ministries of health and National Bureaus of Statistics, the European Public Health Association, and studies conducted by educational institutions.Results: The USA, the UK, and the KSA showed an insufficient concentration of PH specialists and educational opportunities. In contrast, Singapore and Canada incentivized citizens to pursue PH education, resulting in more PH physicians and specialists. The UAE (Abu Dhabi) was found to remain in its early stages of development. Conclusion: To strengthen and advance the public health workforce in the UAE (Abu Dhabi) and the countries described, the concept needs to be defined and integrated fully into the entire health system, from academia to the transversal structures of the Ministries of Health.
Keywords: Public health education, Public Health Workforce Development, Abu Dhabi, Education of Public Health Professionals, public health professionals
Received: 23 Jun 2023; Accepted: 22 May 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Al-Qadiri, Paulo, Czabanowska, Koornneef, Sheek-Hussein and Grivna. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Marília Silva Paulo, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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