Who will keep the public healthy? : educating public health professionals for the 21st century

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 and Print
Publication Info	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2003.
Description	xvi, 304 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	http://www.nap.edu/books/030908542X/html/
Subject(s)	Education, Public Health Professional--trends --United States. History, 21st Century--United States. Public health--Study and teaching.

Other author/creator	Gebbie, Kristine M.
Other author/creator	Rosenstock, Linda.
Other author/creator	Hernandez, Lyla M.
Other author/creator	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century.
Contents	Abstract -- Executive summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. History and current status of public health education in the United States -- 3. future of public health education -- 4. Future role of schools of public health in educating public health professionals for the 21st century -- 5. need for public health education in other programs and schools -- 6. Public health agencies: their role in educating public health professionals -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix A: School of public health catalogue abstraction -- Appendix B: School of public health survey instrument -- Appendix C: Organizational input -- Appendix D: Education of public health professionals in the 20th century -- Appendix E: Occupational classifications -- Appendix F: A collection of competency sets -- Appendix G: Public meetings -- Appendix H: Committee biographies.
General note	"Committee on Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century, Board of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine."
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-182) and index.
LCCN	2003001043
ISBN	030908542X :