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  • public health
  • public health workforce development - Te Uru Kahikatea: The Public Health Workforce Development Plan 2007-2016
  • careers in public health

The left hand menu offers much information and many opportunties for your organisation's workforce development and your own professional development. For example, you can

  • access the work plan to implement Te Uru Kahikatea
  • find out about careers in public health and job vacancies
  • increase your understanding of what is public health
  • easily obtain relevant research, tools and reports.

Over time this site will become a useful repository of sector-wide workforce development information; a platform for information about issues, innovations and initiatives.

We welcome your information and links onto this site. (See "Contact Us" in the main menu).

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The Public Health Workforce Development Plan 2007-2016

 

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WHAT'S NEW


Draft Workforce Development Guidelines for PH Managers Report
Please note this is a draft version of the WFD Plan Guidelines that was used to the 2008 Pilot Study.  The guidelines will be amended as per the Pilot recommendations


Health Promotion in Primary Health Organisations (PHOs) Hui Report
Summary of Hui Issues and Recommendations for the Ministry of Health



Te Uru Kahikatea Newsletter
Issue 5, October 2008

 

Health Promotion in PHOs Hui,
July 2008, Wellington

Conference Proceedings & Presentations available here

 

Evaluation of Draft Workforce Development Guidelines for
Public Health Managers Pilot

This is the Evaluation Report for the WFD Guidelines for PH Managers (“Guidelines”). The Guidelines, which are a tool to assist managers to develop an organisational workforce development plan, were piloted in May – July 2008. An action plan to amend the Guidelines and make them available to the whole public health sector will be released shortly.

 

Market Research for Mid-Careers Project - Summary Report
Counties Manukau DHB commissioned research (2008) to look at attracting Maaori, Pacific people and males to a health career at a "mid-career" stage, where "mid career" was defined as 25-45 year olds. The research is being used to guide next steps with respect to enabling this segment of the potential health workforce to begin training for a health career. 

For a copy of the full report please email
Jenna.Clarke@middlemore.co.nz.