Preparing the public health workforce [electronic resource] : educational pathways for the field and the classroom / Rosemary M. Caron.
Caron, Rosemary M., author.
2014
RA440
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Title Preparing the public health workforce [electronic resource] : educational pathways for the field and the classroom / Rosemary M. Caron.
Author Caron, Rosemary M., author.
ISBN 9783319072906 electronic book
3319072900 electronic book
9783319072890
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07290-6
Published Cham : Springer, [2014]
Copyright ©2015
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xvi, 132 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-07290-6 doi
Call Number RA440
Dewey Decimal Classification 613.071
Summary In concept and practice, public health casts a wide net, spanning assessment, intervention, and policy; education, prevention, and protection; public, private, and government entities. But key elements are often missing from the picture, including a clear understanding of public health and its goals by the general public, and specific public health education throughout the workforce. ℗ Preparing the Public Health Workforce responds to these and related challenges by elegantly summarizing the state of the field in an era of dwindling budgets, competing and overlapping services, and a shaky p.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Foreword; Preface; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Chapter-1; Introduction and Overview; 1.1 What is Public Health?; 1.2 Public Health System; 1.3 Public Health Versus Health Care; 1.3.1 The Great Debate; 1.3.2 Institute of Medicine-Working to Integrate Public Health and Health Care; 1.4 Public Health Goals-Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; 1.3.3 Public Health is a Tough Sell; 1.4.1 Healthy People 2020; 1.4.2 Ranking Health; 1.5 Public Health Professional Associations; 1.6 Looking Forward: Lessons for Practicing and Teaching Public Health; References; Chapter-2

Public Health Workforce2.1 Public Health Workforce Defined; 2.1.1 Who is the Public Health Worker and Where Do They Work?; 2.1.2 Issues with Defining the Public Health Workforce; 2.1.3 Plotting a Course; 2.2 What Does a Competent Public Health Workforce Look Like?; 2.2.1 Council on Linkages between Academia and Public Health Practice; 2.2.2 The Answer: Credentialing the Public Health Workforce?; 2.2.3 Certified in Public Health; 2.3 Challenges for the Public Health Workforce; 2.4 Looking Forward: Lessons for Practicing and Teaching Public Health; References; Chapter-3

Public Health Education: Changing Times3.1 State of Public Health Education; 3.1.1 Adaptive Public Health Curricula; 3.2 University of New Hampshire Master of Public Health Program; 3.3 Role for Liberal Education in Educating the Future Public Health Workforce; 3.4 Pathways to Public Health Education; 3.4.1 Education for Health Framework; 3.4.2 Educated Citizen and Public Health Initiative; 3.4.3 Public Health Majors, Minors, and Certificates; 3.4.4 Community Colleges; 3.5 Representatives of Public Health Education; 3.6 Public Health Literacy

3.7 Looking Forward: Lessons for Practicing and Teaching Public HealthReferences; Chapter-4; Public Health Lessons: Practicing and Teaching Public Health; 4.1 Local Public Health Case: Pediatric Fatality in a Refugee Resettlement Community; 4.2 State Public Health Case: Drug Diversion and a Hepatitis C Outbreak; 4.3 National Public Health Case: Antibiotic Resistance; 4.4 International Public Health Case: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus; References; Chapter-5; Standardizing Public Health Practice: Benefits and Challenges

5.1 National Voluntary Accreditation of Public Health Agencies5.1.1 Multistate Learning Collaborative; 5.1.2 Case Example: Michigan's Local Public Health Accreditation Program; 5.1.3 QI and Public Health Accreditation; 5.1.4 Accreditation Criteria for Public Health Agencies; 5.2 Accreditation and Public Health Workforce Credentialing; 5.2.1 Academic Public Health Practice; 5.2.2 Case Example: Local Public Health System Collaborations to Educate the Public Health Workforce; 5.3 Reality of Accrediting Public Health Practice; References

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