Honor Frost Foundation

The COVID-19 pandemic spurred significant government investments for hiring public health workers. There are clear opportunities to help build capacities among both current and incoming public health workers, closing well-elucidated skill gaps. To report on the development process, methods used, and outcomes seen from a point-in-time public health workforce capacity-building initiative, Public Health Essentials (PHE) . Capacity-building outcomes evaluation using pre/postintervention measures. The United States. A total of 512 learners working in roles (government or adjacent to) that support public health. PHE, a cohort-based facilitated asynchronous online course comprising 5 units, 18 modules, 54 learning outcomes, and 266 teaching and applied assessment elements designed to build public health strategic skills. Two outputs and 3 outcomes were used to assess and improve progress in achieving our goal of building generalizable and transferrable public health ability and confidence among diverse public health workers: Use of PHE , PHE completion rate , Learner competence , Change in self-assessed ability , and Benefits of PHE. From September 2021 to December 2022, 4 agencies used PHE for fellowship training or employee capacity building. Some 79% (n = 512) of learners completed the training, demonstrating competence in all 54 areas assessed by expert course facilitators. Of those, 79% (n = 321) completed both optional pre- and post-PHE surveys, reporting statistically significant gains in all strategic skill domains assessed (n = 9), regardless of demographics and public health experience. Learners gained new skills and knowledge (92%), developed a better understanding of public health (86%), and broadened their public health skill base (84%). A majority can apply the knowledge and skills gained directly to their work (94%), which benefits their team (92%), and have increased their confidence as public health practitioners (49%). PHE can significantly improve learners' ability across 9 strategic skill areas in as few as 15 weeks, regardless of their demographics, training, or experience.

Introduction Lors de la campagne 2022, deux zones du site d’Ayn Soukhna ont fait l’objet de fouilles : le campement de la zone basse, et le ouadi 3 dans la partie haute du site. La fouille du campement expéditionnaire d’époque pharaonique, situé le long du littoral de la mer Rouge, a été poursuivie. Ce camp et les installations portuaires attenantes – seule une toute petite fraction de ces dernières a pu être fouillée, en raison de constructions modernes sur la côte – fonctionnent avec les ga...