Objective To understand the current status of human resource of county CDCs in middle and western regions of China.
Methods The individual in-depth interiview, FGD and structured questionnaire methods were employed to survey the human resource of 116 CDCs.
Results Professionals of public health were insufficient while non-professionals were overstaffed, especially in poor counties identified by the central government.The performance of them was hard to meet the basic functions of CDC.
Conclusion It is necessary that governments pay attention to streng then the functions of CDC; set up the rules and regulations of professional admittance; train staffs properly and assign the non-professionals reasonably.
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