The Importance of Research-Based Learning as a Didactic Necessity in German Public Health Degree Programs

2022 ◽  
pp. 19-40
Author(s):  
Manfred Cassens
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Degree Programs

scholarly journals The Importance of Teaching History of Inequities in Public Health Programs

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 253-256
Author(s):  
Paul J. Fleming
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Health Inequities ◽  
Health Programs ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Public Health Programs ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Teaching History ◽  
Public Health Professionals ◽  
History Of

Learning the history of inequities is typically not a major part of public health degree programs but can be fundamental to truly understanding health inequities and identifying potential solutions. A historical perspective on inequities can help understand present-day inequities as constructed over time, provide needed context for community engagement efforts, and help identify the system of advantages and disadvantages based on race, gender, and class that have been built into U.S. society. There are many ways to integrate a historical perspective on inequities into public health degree programs, and this article provides an example course on historical roots of health inequities. To more effectively reduce health inequities, it is imperative that Schools and Programs of Public Health adopt curriculum content to provide public health professionals and researchers a much-needed historical perspective on inequities.

Training Individuals in Public Health Law

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (S3) ◽  
pp. 50-60
Author(s):  
Jason A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Professional Culture ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
Responsive Materials ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
Joint Degree Programs ◽  
Public Health Practitioners

This report provides an overview of training individuals in public health law. This report is designed to broadly outline the issues in order to facilitate discussion at the November 2007 PHLA meeting in Washington, D.C. I found that attorneys and public health practitioners have different approaches to training and practice. Materials and programs that seek to train individuals must be designed to fit within the professional culture of the targeted group. The differences between the two professional cultures can be a barrier to training if not acknowledged in the design of training programs and materials.In a selected overview of materials and programs available, I found that there is an unmet need for responsive materials and programs. I also found that networking and conference opportunities can play an important role in training that should be explored. I also discuss joint degree programs. The report concludes with a series of future recommendations to facilitate discussion.

Development of a Core Online Health Literacy Course in Canada

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Vamos ◽  
Paul Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Health Initiatives ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Literacy Course ◽  
Systematic Development ◽  
Improve Health

Health literacy has implications for people’s ability to make healthy decisions and manage their own health. To improve health literacy, we need to improve the knowledge and skills of those who receive and those who provide health information and services, while paying attention to demands of the environment that shape people’s skills and abilities. Higher education can play a critical role in nurturing a health literate population. This article articulates the need to integrate health literacy courses into health-related degree programs through the integration of Bandura’s work and Core Competencies for Public Health put forward by Canada. Offering such courses in varying formats will help prepare learners to better understand the growing demand for a health literate workforce and will contribute to the ongoing public health initiatives in improving health-related settings by removing health-related barriers. This article outlines the need for a systematic development of health literacy courses based on the integration of instructional and health literacy principles. An example of a core online undergraduate health literacy course in Canada is presented. Insights are offered into how educators can develop and modify their own health literacy courses, which aim to help learners explore ideologies, practices, tools, and policies guiding health literacy efforts for diverse people across settings.

Adding a Baccalaureate Degree to a Graduate Public Health Program While Addressing Stakeholder Concerns

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise C. Nelson-Hurwitz ◽  
O. Vanessa Buchthal ◽  
Michelle Tagorda ◽  
Kathryn L. Braun
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Undergraduate Teaching ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Public Health Training ◽  
University Of Hawai'i ◽  
The University ◽  
Undergraduate Public Health ◽  
Number Of Individuals

Professional public health training has traditionally been at the graduate level. Adding undergraduate public health degree programs not only expands the number of individuals with needed public health expertise but also creates challenges for traditional graduate-only educational programs. Our purpose was to discuss the degree development process and examine challenges of adding the Bachelors of Arts in Public Health (BA PH) to a traditional graduate-only program, with illustrations from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, which opened its BA PH in 2014. Challenges were encountered for four groups of primary stakeholders: (1) administrators (infrastructure, staffing, funding), (2) faculty (buy-in, undergraduate teaching skills), (3) students (assuring courses fit undergraduate education requirements, adding student support systems), and (4) community preceptors (establishing appropriate expectations for undergraduate vs. graduate students). Barriers and solutions identified for these four primary stakeholder groups may help other schools and programs of public health in adding a baccalaureate public health degree.

Instruction of Evaluation Competencies in Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)-Accredited Master of Public Health (MPH) Degree Programs

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 590-606
Author(s):  
Kristin A. Hobson ◽  
Chris L. S. Coryn ◽  
Leslie A. Fierro ◽  
Catherine M. Sherwood-Laughlin
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Master Of Public Health ◽  
Research On Evaluation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Mixed Method Design ◽  
Accredited Schools ◽  
Evaluation Courses

Although research on evaluation instruction has increased in the past decade, little is known about evaluation education in Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)–accredited schools of public health and master of public health (MPH) programs. In this study, instruction of competencies for program evaluators as enumerated by Stevahn, King, Ghere, and Minnema and pedagogies used by instructors to cover the competencies in the MPH degree within CEPH-accredited schools and programs are investigated. To understand these questions, a two-phase sequential mixed method design was used where the first was a review of 156 schools and programs and their 652 evaluation course offerings and the second consisted of administration of a survey to the 580 instructors who taught evaluation courses coded as either partially or fully focused on evaluation, of which 128 responded (22.07%). Results suggest evaluation courses in CEPH-accredited schools and programs cover many evaluator competencies, albeit to various degrees, predominately through lectures and reading materials.

Interest in Physician Assistant/Public Health Dual-Degree Programs

2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-41
Author(s):  
Kathryn Benzie ◽  
Kathy Miller ◽  
James F. Cawley ◽  
Jeffrey J. Heinrich
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Physician Assistant ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Dual Degree
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