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Poor Mental Health and the Use of Buy Now, Pay Later Loans Open

Hridika Shah, Emma Dewhurst, Brian C. Castrucci, Sandro Galea, Catherine K. Ettman · 2025

This cross-sectional study examines the association between buy now, pay later loans and probable depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress.

Surveying the State and Local Government Public Health Workforce: The Design and Evolution of PH WINS 2024 Open

Madyson Popalis, Mehdi Najjar, Jonathon P Leider, Rachel Hare Bork, Brian C. Castrucci · 2025

Context: The Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PH WINS) was fielded in 2014, 2017, and 2021. In the last 10 years, it has provided participating health departments and the field with data to improve recruitment and retent…

Training Across Generations: Addressing the Diverse Needs and Uplifting the Strategic Strengths of a Multigenerational Public Health Workforce Open

Lindsey Burton-Anderson, Mehdi Najjar, Moriah Robins, Brian C. Castrucci · 2025

Context: Government public health agencies are navigating challenging changes in funding, policy, and shifting priorities. Now more than ever, agencies must address the training needs of their multigenerational workforce in order to sustai…

Mental Health Crises and Help-Seeking Among U.S. Adults in 2024–2025 Open

A. C. Anderson, Matthew D. Eisenberg, Alene Kennedy‐Hendricks, Brian C. Castrucci, Sandro Galea , et al. · 2025

Introduction Mental health crises—including suicidal thoughts and other acute psychological distress—are pressing public health concerns in the United States. However, little is known about how many people experience a crisis, who is most …

Opportunities for employers to address the opioid epidemic: results from a national survey Open

Gillian K. SteelFisher, Brian C. Castrucci, Mary T. Gorski Findling, Emma Dewhurst, Jazmyne Sutton , et al. · 2025

Introduction Employers play a critical role in addressing the opioid crisis in the United States, so the federal government created the Recovery-Ready Workplace (RRW) framework, which suggests employer action in 4 areas: prevention and ris…

Bridging the leadership gap: agency training and support shapes non-supervisors’ perceptions of their leaders Open

Madyson Popalis, Jonathon P. Leider, Avia Mason, Mehdi Najjar, Moriah Robins , et al. · 2025

Background Strong leadership is essential for government public health agencies to thrive, as it shapes critical factors like organizational culture, workforce engagement, and job satisfaction. Supervisors serve as key pathways to building…

Public Health Communication and Trust: Opportunities for Understanding Open

Janel S. Schuh, Emma C. Prus, Cindy Abello, Katy M. Evans, Kathleen Walker , et al. · 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of effective communication to build and strengthen public trust in the field of public health. To address this need, we conducted virtual qualitative message testing via focus groups and ind…

Americans’ support for future pandemic policies: insights from a national survey Open

Gillian K. SteelFisher, Mary T. Gorski Findling, Hannah L. Caporello, Jazmyne Sutton, Emma Dewhurst , et al. · 2024

The arrival of bird flu (H5N1) is a poignant reminder of the need for public health leaders to understand Americans’ evolving perspectives on pandemic mitigation policies. To guide response efforts, we conducted a nationally representative…

Depression and assets during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study of mental health across income and savings groups Open

Catherine K. Ettman, Gregory H. Cohen, Salma M. Abdalla, C. Ross Hatton, Brian C. Castrucci , et al. · 2024

The prevalence of depression in U.S. adults during the COVID-19 pandemic has been high overall and particularly high among persons with fewer assets. Building on previous work on assets and mental health, we document the burden of depressi…

Experience of Personal Loss Due to Drug Overdose Among US Adults Open

Alene Kennedy‐Hendricks, Catherine K. Ettman, Sarah E. Gollust, Sachini Bandara, Salma M. Abdalla , et al. · 2024

Importance Since 1999, over 1 million people have died of a drug overdose in the US. However, little is known about the bereaved, meaning their family, friends, and acquaintances, and their views on the importance of addiction as a policy …

Unmet need for mental health care is common across insurance market segments in the United States Open

Mark K. Meiselbach, Catherine K. Ettman, Karen Shen, Brian C. Castrucci, Sandro Galea · 2024

A substantial proportion of individuals with depression in the United States do not receive treatment. While access challenges for mental health care have been documented, few recent estimates of unmet mental health needs across insurance …

Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Governmental Public Health Workforce and General Population Open

Emma Dewhurst, Catherine K. Ettman, Rachel Hare Bork, Benjamin Thornburg, Salma M. Abdalla , et al. · 2023

We aimed to estimate the prevalence of COVID-19–related posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in the governmental public health workforce and in US adults, assess differences in reporting PTSS within subgroups, and evaluate whether frontlin…

What's Missing from Data Modernization? A Focus on Structural Racism Open

Jamila M. Porter, Brian C. Castrucci, J. Orr · 2023

Public health data modernization efforts frequently overlook the far-reaching effects of structural racism across the data life cycle. Modernizing data requires creating data ecosystems grounded in six principles: dismantling structural ra…

PH WINS: Necessary, Actionable Public Health Workforce Data at a Pivotal Moment for the Field Open

Rachel Hare Bork, Brian C. Castrucci, Michael R. Fraser · 2022

Public health practice is experiencing immense change driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, along with increasing recognition of how social, cultural, and political forces impact community health and resilience. For the governmental public heal…

Awareness of and Confidence to Address Equity-Related Concepts Across the US Governmental Public Health Workforce Open

Jamila M. Porter, Brittany Giles-Cantrell, Kay Schaffer, Elizabeth Arend Dutta, Brian C. Castrucci · 2022

Objective: To assess the governmental public health (GPH) workforce's awareness of and confidence to address health equity , social determinants of health ( SDoH ), and social determinants of equity ( SDoE ) in their work. Design, Setting,…

Staffing Up and Sustaining the Public Health Workforce Open

Jonathon P. Leider, J. Mac McCullough, S. R. Singh, Annie Sieger, Moriah Robins , et al. · 2022

Objectives: Estimate the number of full-time equivalents (FTEs) needed to fully implement Foundational Public Health Services (FPHS) at the state and local levels in the United States. Methods: Current and full implementation cost estimati…

Workplace Perceptions and Experiences Related to COVID-19 Response Efforts Among Public Health Workers — Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey, United States, September 2021–January 2022 Open

Rachel Hare Bork, Moriah Robins, Kay Schaffer, Jonathon P. Leider, Brian C. Castrucci · 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has strained many essential frontline professionals, including public health workers*; however, few studies have evaluated the specific challenges facing public health workers during this period. Data from the 2021 Pu…

Assets, stressors, and symptoms of persistent depression over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic Open

Catherine K. Ettman, Gregory H. Cohen, Salma M. Abdalla, Ludovic Trinquart, Brian C. Castrucci , et al. · 2022

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been accompanied by an increase in depression in U.S. adults. Previous literature suggests that having assets may protect against depression. Using a nationally representative longitudin…

Persistent depressive symptoms during COVID-19: a national, population-representative, longitudinal study of U.S. adults Open

Catherine K. Ettman, Gregory H. Cohen, Salma M. Abdalla, Laura Sampson, Ludovic Trinquart , et al. · 2021

CLIMB Time 1 was sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation-Boston University 3-D Commission. CLIMB Time 2 was sponsored by the de Beaumont Foundation.

Determinants of workplace perceptions among federal, state, and local public health staff in the US, 2014 to 2017 Open

Jonathon P. Leider, Katie Sellers, Jessica L. Owens-Young, Grace Guerrero-Ramirez, Kyle Bogaert , et al. · 2021

The “10 Essential Public Health Services” Is the Common Framework Needed to Communicate About Public Health Open

Brian C. Castrucci · 2021

The "10 Essential Public Health Services" Is the Common Framework Needed to Communicate About Public Health Brian C. Castrucci DrPH, MA Affiliation Brian C. Castrucci is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the de Beaumont Foundati…

Changing the COVID-19 Conversation: It’s About Language Open

Mark R. Miller, Brian C. Castrucci · 2021

Nearly a year into a once-in-a-century pandemic, US leaders continue to struggle to communicate salient coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) information that resonates with the public and builds trust in science.Contributing to this challen…

Building a Sustainable Governmental Public Health Workforce: A Look at the Millennial Generation Open

Rachel Locke, Melissa Gambatese, Katie Sellers, Elizabeth Corcoran, Brian C. Castrucci · 2020

Context: Millennials have had a profound impact on society, the economy, and the US workforce. This study used generational definitions published by the Pew Research Center. Millennials includes respondents who reported an age between 21 a…

Master’s-Level Education in the Governmental Public Health Workforce Open

Jonathon P. Leider, Katie Sellers, Kyle Bogaert, Brian C. Castrucci, Paul C. Erwin · 2020

Objectives More than 16 000 graduate degrees in public health are awarded annually. Yet only 14% of the governmental public health workforce has formal public health training of any kind, and 8% has a master of public health (MPH) degree. …

Voluntary Separations and Workforce Planning: How Intent to Leave Public Health Agencies Manifests in Actual Departure in the United States Open

Jonathon P. Leider, Katie Sellers, Kyle Bogaert, Rivka Liss‐Levinson, Brian C. Castrucci · 2020

Objectives: To ascertain levels of turnover in public health staff between 2014 and 2017 due to retirement or quitting and to project levels of turnover for the whole of the state and local governmental public health in the United States n…

Using Public Health Workforce Surveillance Data to Prioritize Retention Efforts for Younger Staff Open

Katie Sellers, Jonathon P. Leider, Lara Lamprecht, Rivka Liss‐Levinson, Brian C. Castrucci · 2020

Many factors associated with an increased intent to leave are present among all age groups. However, support is needed for managers as they attempt to develop and implement solutions that seek to retain the younger workforce in particular.…

Engaging With Communities — Lessons (Re)Learned From COVID-19 Open

Lloyd Michener, Sergio Aguilar‐Gaxiola, Philip M. Alberti, Manuel Castañeda, Brian C. Castrucci , et al. · 2020

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has underscored longstanding societal differences in the drivers of health and demonstrated the value of applying a health equity lens to engage at-risk communities, communicate with them effectively, sh…

An Examination of the Perceived Importance and Skills Related to Policies and Policy Making Among State Public Health Injury Prevention Staff Open

Karen D. Liller, Theresa Chapple-Mcgruder, Brian C. Castrucci, Martha S. Wingate, Renata Hilson , et al. · 2020

The purpose of this research is to use the Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey to assess in greater detail state injury prevention staff perceptions of policy development and related skills and their awareness and perception…

Business Leaders' Attitudes About Value of Employee and Community Health Open

Megan Heffernan, Michael Meit, Molly Powers, Brian C. Castrucci, Katie Sellers · 2019

Objective: This study uses qualitative methodology to describe a range of business leaders' attitudes about health. Methods: Five Chambers of Commerce executives and 10 business leaders shared their opinions on the value they place on heal…

The State of the US Governmental Public Health Workforce, 2014–2017 Open

Katie Sellers, Jonathon P. Leider, Elizabeth Gould, Brian C. Castrucci, Angela J. Beck , et al. · 2019

Public health workforce development efforts during the past 50 years have evolved from a focus on enumerating workers to comprehensive strategies that address workforce size and composition, training, recruitment and retention, effectivene…

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