Undergraduate Public Health Degree Programs

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace A. Lasker
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Undergraduate Public Health

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.

Engaging Undergraduate Public Health Students Through a Textbook Creation Project

2020 ◽  
pp. 237337992096241
Author(s):  
Jessica Sloan Kruger ◽  
Christopher Hollister
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Open Educational Resource ◽  
Educational Resource ◽  
Final Version ◽  
Primary Motivation ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Health Course ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Undergraduate Public Health

This study examines students’ perceptions of an open pedagogy experiment in which they created their own textbook for an undergraduate public health course. The lead author’s primary motivation for developing this assignment was the high cost associated with the traditional textbooks that were otherwise needed to cover the breadth of subject matter in the course. The resulting open textbook included 19 chapters, covering all the required components of the course, and the final version was published in a statewide open educational resource repository. Students provided feedback about this undertaking by way of an end-of-term survey. The results showed high percentages of students who associated the textbook creation project with greater engagement and satisfaction than the passive use of traditional textbooks. Students also reported their perception of a learning benefit related to the creation of course content. Pedagogical implications of this study are discussed, and future research questions are proposed.

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.

Enhanced Undergraduate Public Health Nursing Experience

2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra Gay Anderson ◽  
Connie Richmond ◽  
Marcia Stanhope
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Nursing ◽  
Nursing Experience ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
Undergraduate Public Health
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