Who will keep the public healthy? : educating public health professionals for the 21st century / Kristine Gebbie, Linda Rosenstock, and Lyla M. Hernandez, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gebbie, Kristine M.

Rosenstock, Linda.

Hernandez, Lyla M.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--Study and teaching.

Public health.

Education, Medical, Graduate.

United States.

Public Health--education.

Public Health Administration--education.

Schools, Public Health.

Medical Subjects:

Education, Medical, Graduate.

United States.

Public Health--education.

Public Health Administration--education.

Schools, Public Health.

Physical Description:

xvi, 304 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2003]

Summary:

Bioterrorism, drug-resistant disease, transmission of disease by global travel ... there's no shortage of challenges facing America's public health officials. Men and women preparing to enter the field require state-of-the-art training to meet these increasing threats to the public health. But are the programs they rely on able to provide the high caliber professional training they require? Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? provides an overview of the past, present, and future of public health education, assessing its readiness to provide the training and education needed to prepare men and women to face 21st century challenges. Advocating an ecological approach to public health, the committee examines the role of public health schools and degree granting programs, medical schools, nursing schools, government agencies, as well as other institutions that foster public health education and leadership. Recommendations address the content of public health education, qualifications for faculty, availability of supervised practice, opportunities for cross-disciplinary research and education, cooperation with government agencies, and government funding for education. Eight areas of critical importance to public health education in the 21st century are examined in depth: informatics, genomics, communication, cultural competence, community-based participatory research, global health, policy and law, and public health ethics. The committee also discusses the policy implications of its ecological framework.

Contents:

Challenges 4

The Future of Public Health Education 5

Schools of Public Health 8

Other Programs and Schools 17

Public Health Agencies 20

Public Health Professionals 29

Determinants of Health 31

Challenges 34

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

History 41

Current Status 50

3 The Future of Public Health Education 61

Informatics 62

Genomics 68

Communication 72

Cultural Competence 78

Community-Based Participatory Research 84

Global Health 93

Policy and Law 95

Ethics 98

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

Education 109

Transdisciplinary Research 117

Policy 120

Academic Collaboration 121

Access to Life-Long Learning 122

Community Collaboration 125

Faculties for Schools of Public Health 126

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

Graduate Programs in Public Health 129

Medical Schools 131

Schools of Nursing 136

Other Schools 142

6 Public Health Agencies: Their Roles in Educating Public Health Professionals 145

Local Public Health Agencies 145

State Public Health Agencies 151

Federal Public Health Agencies 157

Recommendations 162

A School of Public Health Catalogue Abstraction 183

B School of Public Health Survey Instrument 190

C Organizational Input 199

D Education of Public Health Professionals in the 20th Century 222

E Occupational Classifications 262

F A Collection of Competency Sets 265

G Public Meeting 278.

Notes:

"Committee on Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century, Board of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

030908542X

OCLC:

249383827