Reflection on the construction of public health talents in crisis of COVID-19 outbreak
HUANG Hong1, 2, LIU Xiaodong3
1.Center for Health Assessment, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China; 2.Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Watershed Science and Health, Wenzhou 325035, China; 3.School of Public Health and Management, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
HUANG Hong,LIU Xiaodong. Reflection on the construction of public health talents in crisis of COVID-19 outbreak[J]. JOURNAL OF WEZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, 2020, 50(4): 268-271.
Abstract：In the prevention and control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic, China's public health system plays an important role, but there exist at the same time the quantity and quality problems of public health professionals. In this study, the professional team of China’s public health in the current system was analyzed from the perspectives of education, employment, and keeping possession of talents. The authors put forward the ideas of reform in the following aspects: the scale of undergraduates should be expanded and the quality of secondary training improved; public health talents should be used properly; public health professionals should be retained by raising their salary and sense of achievement.
