@article{ref1,
title="Self-assessment in the measurement of public health workforce preparedness for bioterrorism or other public health disasters",
journal="Public health reports (1974)",
year="2005",
author="Ghouri, Farooq S. and Johnson, D. L. and Brand, Michael W. and Kerby, Dave S.",
volume="120",
number="2",
pages="186-191",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine effective ways to evaluate public health workers' competence for preparedness. METHODS: The Public Health Ready project, developed by the National Association of County and City Public Health Officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is a pilot program designed to prepare local public health agencies to respond to emergency events. Workers at a Public Health Ready site (N=265) rated their need for training and their competence in meeting generic emergency response goals. Cluster analysis of cases was conducted on the self-assessed need for training. RESULTS: Three groups of workers emerged, differing in their overall ratings of need for training. A given worker tended to report similar needs for training across all training goals. CONCLUSIONS: In this study, workers' ratings of need for training may reflect an overall interest in training rather than need for training in a particular area. Caution should be exercised in interpretation when generic goals and self-assessment are used to measure need for training. Future assessments of training needs may be more effective if they use objective measures of specific local plans.",
language="",
issn="0033-3549",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}