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Job satisfaction and expected turnover among federal, state, and local public health practitioners

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  • Leider, J.P.
  • Harper, E.
  • Shon, J.W.
  • Sellers, K.
  • Castrucci, B.C.

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Objectives. To use data on the governmental public health workforce to examine demographics and elucidate drivers of job satisfaction and intent to leave one's organization. Methods. Using microdata from the 2014 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey and 2014 Public Health Workforce Interests andNeeds Survey,we drew comparisons between federal, state, and local public health staff. We fitted logistic regressions to examine correlates of both job satisfaction and intent to leave one's organization within the coming year. Results. Correlates of job satisfaction included pay satisfaction, organizational support, and employee involvement. Approximately 40% of federal, state, and local staff said they were either considering leaving their organization in the next year or were planning to retire by 2020. Conclusions. Public health practitioners largely like their jobs, but many are dissatisfied with their pay and are consideringworking elsewhere.More should be done to understand the determinants of job satisfaction and how to successfully retain high-quality staff. Public Health Implications. Public health is at a crossroads. Significant turnover is expected in the coming years. Retention efforts should engage staff across all levels of public health.

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  • Leider, J.P. & Harper, E. & Shon, J.W. & Sellers, K. & Castrucci, B.C., 2016. "Job satisfaction and expected turnover among federal, state, and local public health practitioners," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 106(10), pages 1782-1788.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2016.303305_7
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303305
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    1. Ilana O. McCarthy & Ramal Moonesinghe & Hazel D. Dean, 2020. "Association of Employee Engagement Factors and Turnover Intention Among the 2015 U.S. Federal Government Workforce," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(2), pages 21582440209, June.
    2. Karen A Campbell & Natasha Van Borek & Lenora Marcellus & Christine Kurtz Landy & Susan M Jack & on behalf of the British Columbia Healthy Connections Project Process Evaluation Research Team, 2020. "“The hardest job you will ever love”: Nurse recruitment, retention, and turnover in the Nurse-Family Partnership program in British Columbia, Canada," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(9), pages 1-21, September.
    3. Chelsey Kirkland & Kari Oldfield-Tabbert & Harshada Karnik & Jason Orr & Skky Martin & Jonathon P. Leider, 2022. "Public Health Workforce Gaps, Impacts, and Improvement Strategies from COVID-19," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(20), pages 1-13, October.
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