Reducing the Risk of Environmental Health Disasters in the Pacific Strengthening Environmental Health Literacy: Skilling Up the Public Health Workforce.

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Reducing the Risk of Environmental Health Disasters in the Pacific Strengthening Environmental Health Literacy: Skilling Up the Public Health Workforce and Emergency Health Managers Greg Dever, MD Regional HRH Coordinator, PIHOA 5 February 2013 Honolulu

Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation Educational Data of the Division of Public Health and Community Guidance Center Personnel DivisionTotal StaffAssociate Degree Bachelors Degree Masters Degree % Degree Holders % Non- Degree Holders PH % (30)65% (55) CGC % (13)55% (16) Total % (43)62% (71) Data Gathered by: Human Resources for Health Program Source: CNMI CHC, Human Resources Office Note: Data based on documentation in staff personnel files present at the time of data collection R. Diaz, Director of Public Health, CHC, CNMI (May 2011)

Bureau of Public Health Ministry of Health Republic of Palau Graph illustrating the educational background of the workers in the Bureau of Public Health, total = 150. Courtesy of Ivan Chik, UHM MPH Student, July 2012

Observations & Responses Most of Public Health workforce without formal training in Public Health Non-accredited training not recognized by Personnel Depts No recognized career ladder in Public Health for workforce Accredited ASDPH at College of Micronesia – FSM (Aug 2009); Palau Community College (Nov 2013) In Discussion: ASDPH development at College of Northern Marianas, College of the Marshall Islands, American Samoa Community College or by blended learning from COM-FSM and / or PCC Specialty Tracks with ASDPH Program: Emergency Health Management (developed by CDC) and more planned Discussions on articulation to Fiji National University Bachelor’s in Public Health

Proposed Hawaii /USAPI Public Health Training Network 12 11) Hawaii and 12) Fiji Figure illustrates the vast and remote geography for the proposed USAPI Public Health Training Centers: 1) Republic of Palau, 2-5) Federated States of Micronesia, 6) Territory of Guam and & University of Guam, 7) Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 8) American Samoa, 9) Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, 10) Ebeye, RMI, 11) University of Hawaii Manoa, and 12) Fiji National University

Dr. Greg Dever Regional Human Resources for Health Coordinator, PIHOA Koror, Republic of Palau Acknowledgements: Dr. Giuseppe Cuboni, Palau AHEC Dr. Sitaleki Finau Dr. Stevenson Kuartei Roxanne Diaz, Dir. Public Health, CNMI Dr. Valerie Yontz, OPHS, UHM Ivan Chik, MPH Student, OPHS, UHM