Call for papers - Empowering the public health workforce

Guest Editor

Gustavo Nigenda, PhD, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico

Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: 30 April 2025

BMC Global and Public Health is calling for submissions to our Collection on advancing the recognition of the public health workforce. This Collection seeks to explore various dimensions of the public health workforce, including its roles, challenges, and contributions to global health outcomes.

New Content Item This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being, SDG 5: Gender Equality, SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, and SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities.

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Meet the Guest Editor

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Gustavo Nigenda, PhD, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico

Gustavo Nigenda, PhD, is a health policy analyst with over 30 years of experience in health systems and policies with a special focus on healthcare reforms, sexual and reproductive health issues, and human resources for health. Over this period, he has participated as principal investigator in more than 40 research and evaluation projects in Mexico and other Latin American countries. He has also been a consultant to different UN agencies, development banks, governments, and civil society organizations in the field of Human Resources for Health. Among them, he coordinated an assessment of the workforce in Nicaragua sponsored by the World Bank, organized a community of researchers to produce metrics on Human Resources for Health in Latin America sponsored by Fundación Carlos Slim, and assessed supply and demand gaps for doctors and nurses in Mexico financed by the government of Mexico. He has published extensively (120 peer-reviewed papers, 45 book chapters, and 12 books) on topics of interest to him, including Human Resources for Health.

About the Collection

BMC Global and Public Health is calling for submissions to our Collection on advancing the recognition of the public health workforce. This Collection seeks to explore various dimensions of the public health workforce, including its roles, challenges, and contributions to global health outcomes. We invite research that sheds light on the evolving landscape of the public health workforce and its impact on population health, such as:

Training and education programs
Skill acquisition and competency frameworks
Professional development pathways
Strategies for promoting diversity and addressing disparities in the public health workforce representation
Inclusive practices for fostering a supportive work environment
Addressing mental health issues among public health professionals
Strengthening health system infrastructure and human resources planning
Sustainable funding mechanisms for workforce investments
Policy frameworks for regulating the public health workforce
Ethical considerations in workforce management and decision-making

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being, SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, and SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities by highlighting the importance of a skilled and diverse public health workforce in achieving global health equity and sustainable development goals.

There are currently no articles in this collection.

Submission Guidelines

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To submit your manuscript, please use the BMC Global and Public Health online submission system SNAPP and indicate in your cover letter that you would like the article to be considered for the 'Empowering the public health workforce' Collection. If you would like to enquire about the suitability of a manuscript for consideration, please email bmcglobalpublichealth@biomedcentral.com.

This collection of articles has not been sponsored, and articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published. The Guest Editors declare that they have no competing interests. The Guest Editors serve an advisory role to guide the scope of the collection and commissioned content; final editorial decisions lie with the Chief Editor.