Graduate programs: what is their contribution to the training of the public health workforce?

Autor:	Mary V, Davis, Suzanne, Dandoy, William W, Greaves
Rok vydání:	2003
Předmět:	Community Health Workers Preventive Health Services Education Public Health Professional Ethnicity Curriculum Education Graduate United States Accreditation
Zdroj:	American journal of preventive medicine. 24(4)
ISSN:	0749-3797
Popis:	To determine characteristics of community health/preventive medicine and community health education graduate programs.Forty-eight graduate programs were identified as potential respondents and sent a written survey to complete.Forty programs responded; 82% of programs accredited or applying for accreditation responded. During the 1998-1999 period, 3456 students were enrolled and 773 students graduated from these programs, 91% earning the master of public health (MPH) degree. Two thirds of students were employed while enrolled in these programs.Graduate programs train a significant number of public health students, meeting the needs of health professionals with flexible course formats in locations where schools of public health are not available.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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