Application of the WHO Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) method to estimate workforce requirements in Italian Local Health Unit Prevention Departments
G. Colarusso, R. Pellicanò, S. Smeraldo, A. Esposito, A. Giannoni, F. Gargano, O. Paciello, L. Baldi · 2026
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Colarusso and co-authors adapted the World Health Organization's workload staffing method to Italy's local health unit prevention departments, which handle food safety and animal health inspections. Their 2026 study, focused on the Campania region, built a model around a unit of individual performance set at four hours for one simple inspection including side tasks.
Structural units then aggregate those inspection units per facility and apply correction factors, such as the legal rule that inspections happen in pairs. Tolerance factors can trim up to 5% of calculated workload for cross-cutting burdens. The staffing picture differs sharply by territory: in livestock-focused units over 40% of personnel work in animal health, while urban units concentrate on food safety instead.
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| CREATOR | G. Colarusso, R. Pellicanò, S. Smeraldo, A. Esposito, A. Giannoni, F. Gargano, O. Paciello, L. Baldi |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |