Presentation by the Canadian Public Health Association to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health.
There has been an active discourse in Canada over the past 45 years about the development and enhancement of the country’s health human resources. Recent reports have endorsed an enhanced health human resource planning strategy for public health. One of the critical elements of a strong, sustainable and effective public health system is the specialized professionals and practitioners who prevent disease and injury, and promote and protect the health of all Canadians. The country’s public health workforce also needs to be able to respond to emergency situations and simultaneous multiple public health events. A failure to invest in maintaining a surge capacity will result in a workforce that is under-resourced between crises, stretched to the breaking point during crises, and unable to respond to deferred or delayed public health needs after a crisis.
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