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Task Force,
Commission or Panel
The Department of Public Health has established the Office of Public
Health Workforce Development to:
- enhance public
health workforce competencies through the development of a certification
program
- develop marketing
materials for recruitment and retention
- advise the
Commissioner on health workforce issues
- establish
a "Health Track" within local schools in cooperation
with the Department of Education
- act as a
clearinghouse for information on health care careers.
For more information: Office
of Public Health Workforce Development
Marketing
Health Careers
- Connecticut's
Area Health Education Centers provide a variety of programs geared
toward promoting health careers to school age individuals.
- The Nursing
Career Center of Connecticut has developed a number of programs
promoting nursing careers to school age individuals.
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