Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century

What is your estimate of the frequency with which such activities have been undertaken during the past 5 years?

Often _____

Sometimes _____

Not very often _____

Please list barriers to such activity

Recommendation 6: “Schools of public health should encourage and assist other institutions (e.g., colleges, universities, health departments) to prepare appropriate, qualified public health personnel for positions in the field. When educational institutions other than schools of public health undertake to train personnel for work in the field, careful attention to the scope and capacity of the educational program is essential.”

Please circle below the other departments/schools where faculty of your school of public health have assisted in development of educational programs.

Medicine	YES	NO
Nursing	YES	NO
Dentistry	YES	NO
Pharmacy	YES	NO
Health sciences	YES	NO
Law	YES	NO
Social work	YES	NO
Academic health centers	YES	NO

What is your estimate of the frequency with which such activities have been undertaken during the past 5 years?

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Table of Contents

Front Matter R1-R16

Abstract 1-2

Summary 3-26

1. Introduction 27-40

2. History and Current Status of Public Health Education in the United States 41-60

3. The Future of Public Health Education 61-107

4. Future Role of Schools of Public Health in Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century 108-128

5. The Need for Public Health Education in Other Programs and Schools 129-144

6. Public Health Agencies: Their Roles in Educating Public Health Professionals 145-167

Conclusion 168-170

References 171-182

Appendix A: School of Public Health Catalogue Abstraction 183-189

Appendix B: School of Public Health Survey Instrument 190-198

Appendix C: Organizational Input 199-221

Appendix D: Education of Public Health Professionals in the 21st Century 222-261

Appendix E: Occupational Classifications 262-264

Appendix F: A Collection of Competency Sets 265-277

Appendix G: Public Meeting 278-282

Appendix H: Committee Biographies 283-288

Index 289-304