Margaret Tait, Emily Burke, Tim Leshan, Adriane Casalotti, Heather Krasna, Jonathon P Leider
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目标:受过公共卫生培训的毕业生在政府公共卫生岗位上的需求持续存在;然而,与在其他部门(如私人医疗保健或制药)工作的受过本科或研究生培训的人员相比,这些岗位的收入往往较低。本研究评估了与公共卫生教育相关的联邦学生贷款债务,旨在量化通过联邦公共卫生劳动力贷款偿还计划(PHWLRP)可以满足的需求,该计划是政策制定者提出的激励接受过公共卫生培训的人员在政府公共卫生领域就业的工具之一:我们分析了美国国家教育统计中心(National Center for Education Statistics College Scorecard)提供的 2018-2019 学年联邦学生贷款数据。我们将这些数据与中学后教育综合数据系统(Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System)合并,以估算所授予学位的数量。我们使用斯皮尔曼秩相关法比较了不同授予水平(学士、硕士和博士学位)的债务与年收入之间的关系:在所有学位授予水平中,与公共卫生教育相关的联邦学生贷款债务中位数为 33 366 美元。毕业 1 年后,博士学位毕业生的年收入中位数为 80687 美元,学士学位毕业生的年收入中位数为 33279 美元:在政策制定者试图加强公共卫生人才队伍建设,重点资助和实施 PHWLRP 的过程中,应考虑现有的学生债务水平,以确保 PHWLRP 等项目得到资助,并反映毕业生和政府公共卫生雇主的需求。
Federal Student Loan Debt in Public Health and the Opportunities for Loan Repayment Programs.
Objectives: A need persists for graduates with public health training in government public health roles; however, earnings for these positions tend to be lower when compared with earnings for people with undergraduate or graduate training who are working in other sectors, such as private health care or pharmaceuticals. This study assessed federal student loan debt associated with education for public health, with an aim to quantify the need that may be met through the federal Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program (PHWLRP), which is one tool that policy makers have proposed to incentivize people with public health training to pursue employment in government public health.
Methods: We analyzed federal student loan data provided by the National Center for Education Statistics College Scorecard for the 2018-2019 academic year. We merged these data with the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System to estimate the number of degrees awarded. We used Spearman rank correlation to compare associations between debt and annual earnings by award level (bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees).
Results: Across all award levels, the median level of federal student loan debt associated with education for public health was $33 366. The median annual earnings 1 year after graduation were $80 687 for graduates with doctoral degrees and $33 279 for graduates with bachelor's degrees.
Conclusions: As policy makers attempt to strengthen the public health workforce with a focus on funding and implementing the PHWLRP, the existing levels of student debt should be considered to ensure that programs such as the PHWLRP are funded and reflect the needs of graduates and government public health employers.
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Public Health Reports is the official journal of the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General and the U.S. Public Health Service and has been published since 1878. It is published bimonthly, plus supplement issues, through an official agreement with the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health. The journal is peer-reviewed and publishes original research and commentaries in the areas of public health practice and methodology, original research, public health law, and public health schools and teaching. Issues contain regular commentaries by the U.S. Surgeon General and executives of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health.
The journal focuses upon such topics as tobacco control, teenage violence, occupational disease and injury, immunization, drug policy, lead screening, health disparities, and many other key and emerging public health issues. In addition to the six regular issues, PHR produces supplemental issues approximately 2-5 times per year which focus on specific topics that are of particular interest to our readership. The journal''s contributors are on the front line of public health and they present their work in a readable and accessible format.