Mac McCullough, School of Public and Population Health School of Public and Population Health Associate Professor Mac McCullough recently co-published a report titled, “The Opportunity Cost of COVID for Public Health Practice: COVID-19 Pandemic Response Work and Lost Foundational Areas of Public Health Work” in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. McCullough’s research shines a light on the extent to which existing public health workers were pulled away from their usual work to contribute to the COVID-19 response, potentially leading to less work being done in other public health programs during the pandemic. All public health program areas contributed at least 20% of their workforce time to COVID-19 response, the report shows, meaning 20% less time devoted to their usual work, such as environmental health services, chronic disease prevention, and other essential public health services. The report concludes that there was a considerable public health “opportunity cost” to the public health systems’ large and prolonged COVID-19 response. Persistent understaffing in the public health system remains an important issue, according to the study. McCullough also co-wrote a blog post, which tackles important policy questions from the study, in JPHMP Direct . McCullough’s research involves examining investments in public […]
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