Pandemic backlash drives exodus of public health leaders

Pandemic backlash drives exodus of public health leaders | PBS News

KHN and AP counted how many state and local public health leaders have left their jobs since April 1, or who plan to leave by Dec. 31.

Major exodus among public health officials during pandemic

"This has been a major, unprecedented loss in public health leadership across the nation," Dr. Richard Besser, former acting director of the ...

Pandemic backlash jeopardizes public health powers, leaders

One in 8 Americans — 40 million people — lives in a community that has lost its local public health department leader during the pandemic. Top ...

Pandemic and politics drive mass exodus of WA public health leaders

The backlash against public health measures during the pandemic has led state leaders elsewhere to enact new limits to the power of local health ...

The pandemic has pushed more than 250 public health officials out ...

While part of the reason is the normal ebb and flow of the workforce leaving or retiring, the CEO of the National Association of County and ...

Pandemic backlash jeopardizes public health powers, leaders - News

According to experts, this is the largest exodus of public health leaders in American history. One in 8 Americans — 40 million people — lives in a community ...

Public health: From politicization to a path forward - PMC

Early in the pandemic, many public health leaders were unprepared for the political implications of becoming public figures tasked with ...

Pandemic Backlash Jeopardizes Public Health Powers, Leaders

The COVID-19 pandemic has put immense pressure on frontline and public health workers, exacerbating myriad mental health concerns, including stress, depression, ...

Amid Pandemic Recovery, Local Health Departments Grapple With ...

Nearly 250 public health leaders have left their jobs since last April, the largest exodus on record. In an industry where recruiting is difficult, experts ...

Pandemic backlash jeopardizes public health powers, leaders ...

As the public health administrator, she's struggled every day of the coronavirus pandemic to keep her rural county along the Missouri border safe. In return, ...

Joint investigation reveals 'leadership vacuum' after… - AP Beats

A team of AP's Michelle Smith and Kaiser Health News journalists spent months reporting exclusively on hundreds of public health leaders — many of whom have ...

A qualitative analysis of public health officials' experience in ...

Officials were often unsupported by political leaders and law enforcement, which restricted their autonomy and power (Table 2, Themes 6 and 7).

Joint investigation reveals 'leadership vacuum' after backlash ...

Sensing a trend, Smith and reporters Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Hannah Recht and Lauren Weber at Kaiser Health News continued to track those ...

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Pandemic backlash drives exodus of public health leaders. By Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Hannah Recht, Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News, Michelle R. Smith, ...

Embattled Public Health Workers Leaving At "Steady And Alarming ...

More than 70 local public health officials have resigned or been fired since the start of the pandemic ... backlash and calls for the state health ...

Contributor: A Crisis in Public Health—Addressing the Exodus From ...

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed not only vulnerabilities in our health care system but also cracks in the fabric of our public health ...

Lessons for Public Health Excellence from the COVID-19 Pandemic

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health leadership in New York City and their response to the emerging pandemic were in the ...

Threats, long hours, 'drive-by heckling': Public health officials in ...

Since the start of the pandemic, more than 300 state and local public health leaders in the U.S. have resigned, retired or been fired. That's ...

Pandemic Backlash Jeopardizes Public Health Powers, Leaders

At least 181 public health leaders in 38 states have resigned, retired or been fired amid the turmoil of the pandemic.

Backlash accelerates public health leaders' exodus - YouTube

At least 181 public health leaders have resigned, retired or been fired since April. An investigation by The Associated Press and Kaiser ...