Exploring Workforce Development Experiences of Public Health Department Staff

The majority of staff in local public health departments do not have a formal degree in public health. A key component in improving public health infrastructure and strengthening the public health system is public health workforce development and training. To investigate public health workforce development, the purpose of this study was to conduct a case study on a local public health department in Texas. Specifically, the case study examined: (1) workforce development experiences of public health department staff without a degree in public health, (2) what motivates staff to seek out workforce development opportunities, and (3) how staff describe their workforce development experiences that are included during new employee orientation. Three types of data collection methods were used to complete the case study. First, formal semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven staff at a local health department to explore public health workforce development experiences and motivations to learn. Second, an observation of a new employee orientation at a local health department that included eleven staff members was conducted. Finally, a documentation review of the local health department’s new employee orientation materials was completed for context and understanding of what workforce development opportunities occur during the onboarding process. Four main themes of workforce development were identified during the semi-structured interviews. These themes include opportunities to learn and grow as a public health worker, motivation to learn, workforce development experiences during new employee orientation, and training barriers. Out of the seven staff members that were interviewed, six of them mentioned the tour that occurred during the New Employee Orientation. A competent public health workforce is necessary to ensure effective public health programs, create positive health outcomes, and create healthy communities. On the job. Public health workforce development strategies should recognize the need for different types of trainings and should prioritize trainings that fill public health competency gaps in staff without formal public health training

Space Communications: Theory and Applications. Volume 3: Information Processing and Advanced Techniques. A Bibliography, 1958 - 1963

Annotated bibliography on information processing and advanced communication techniques - theory and applications of space communication

Origins of Computers and Evolutions of Information Technology

二十世紀の半ばに誕生した電子計算機であるコンピュータは,半世紀経過した二十一世紀の現在までに,まるで超新星爆発のような凄さをもって進歩発展を遂げ,世の中に情報革命を引き起こしている.このITすなわち情報技術の進展はさらに驚異的で,サイバースペースも誕生し,情報メディア革命やディジタル革命は,実はこれからが本番であるのかもしれない.コンピュータ誕生の時代に筆者は学生であったが,このときより始まったIT進展の大波に飲み込まれて,その真只中を過ごし古稀を迎えた世代の一人として,ここでは,コンピュータ誕生やITの進展を振り返ってみる.これはまた,筆者のライフワークの研究「コンピュータ開発と論理回路理論」を包括しかつそのバックグランドでもある.内容は平成15年12月18日の筆者の関西大学退職最終記念講義を基にして加筆したものである.第1章は関西大学の最初のコンピュータとその時代について,以下,第2章コンピュータの誕生,第3章国産コンピュータの誕生,第4章トランジスタコンピュータの誕生について記す。第5章では,筆者が設計開発し1960年に完成したKDC-Iについて述べ,当時の世界最高峰の真空管式コンピュータIBM704についてもふれる.さらに,第6章ITの進歩発展,第7章コンピュータ以前,第8章おわりにと続く.In this paper the origin of computers and the evolution of information technology are briefly sketched, including the author\u27s recollections, with special emphasis on the early history of the development of Japanese computers. This paper is based on the author\u27s final lecture, given on December 18, 2003 at the Media Hall of Takatsuki Campus of Kansai University, on the occasion of his retirement from the University. Chapter 1, the introductory chapter, is about the first computer at Kansai University which was installed in 1971, together with stories of the representative first domestic large scale computers installed in the first inter-university computer centers of several major universities of Japan during the period 1965 to 1971. Chapter 2 is concerned with the famous historical first computers of the world including ENIAC and EDSAC, with the author\u27s encounters with those historical pioneers. In Chapter 3 are described the first computers of Japan, including those of relay-computers, vacuum-tube computers like Fujic, TAG and several Parametron computers, MUSASINO-1, PC-1 etc, during the period before 1960. Also the magnetic-amplifier type solid-state Univac machine is discussed. Chapter 4 is devoted to explanations of the early development of transistorized computers of Japan, including ETL Mark III, and IV, together with several others, by the representative manufacturers, Fujitsu, Hitachi and NEC of Japan. Chapter 5 includes the recollections of Kyoto University Computer KDC-I completed in 1960, which the author designed and developed. Here also is described an interesting story of the vacuum-tube computer IBM704 imported at this time by the Meteorological Agency of Japan. The astonishingly rapid development of the information technology or IT is viewed in Chapter 6, together with various episodes about distinguished pioneers of computers. Chapter 7 includes a variety of quotes from legendary figures of the pre-computer age, including several very old histories of computations and communications. Chapter 8 concludes this paper with some notable words of Babbage and Ada who designed the Analytical Engine in the middle of the 19th century. Acknowledgements and detailed references are attached at the end of the paper.矢島脩三教授定年退職記