Faculty Perspectives on Teaching Public Health at Community Colleges: An Exploratory Snapshot

2020 ◽  
pp. 237337992095656
Author(s):  
Katherine J. Johnson ◽  
Becky Corran ◽  
Andrea Salis ◽  
Anuradha Srivastava ◽  
Lillian U. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Past Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Teaching Faculty

The role of community colleges in training public health professionals is of growing importance to the continuum of public health education. Some 5 years have passed since the Framing the Future initiative outlined curricular models at community colleges, and colleges deploying these models are serving as learning sites for public health education at community colleges. While past research has focused on capturing insights from community college executives and program administrators, this study captures perspectives from teaching faculty. Drawing on a national sample of teaching faculty at community colleges and universities accepting transfer students throughout the United States, an online survey of teaching faculty affiliated with public health programs was coupled with follow-up interviews. This study characterizes the nature and scope of public health programming in community colleges and transfer settings, and highlights associated challenges and opportunities as public health becomes further integrated into health professions pathways in 2-year settings and beyond.

Quality Assurance in Professional Preparation of Community/Public Health Education Specialists: Contributions of SABPAC

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-69
Author(s):  
Ellen M. Capwell ◽  
Carol Cox ◽  
Alyson Taub ◽  
M. Elaine Auld ◽  
Elias Berhanu
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Professional Preparation ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Task Forces ◽  
Education Profession

The Society for Public Health Education and American Association for Health Education Baccalaureate Program Approval Committee (SABPAC) provided a valuable service to the health education profession in the United States for 27 years. From 1987 to its sunset in 2014, SABPAC offered a voluntary process whereby undergraduate community/public health education professional preparation programs could seek review and evaluation of their programs against published national health education criteria. Those programs meeting SABPAC criteria were granted “Approval.” SABPAC approval was instituted as one way by which the health education profession could strive to promote consistent professional preparation in the field and ensure that health education graduates were prepared for contemporary workforce demands. Over the years, SABPAC chairs, committee members, and volunteers devoted countless hours reviewing self-studies and conducting on-site visits of professional preparation programs and documenting how they met SABPAC criteria and/or could enhance compliance with guidelines. Seeking SABPAC approval provided many program benefits. Recognizing that accreditation is the “gold standard” in education, the health education profession applied a thoughtful and researched process beginning in 2001 to transition from SABPAC approval to undergraduate accreditation through the Council on Education for Public Health. Three national task forces developed recommendations, conducted events to foster communication about the change, and assisted professional preparation programs to prepare for and seek the Council on Education for Public Health accreditation. This brief article documents the genesis, organization, and processes of SABPAC in the United States, until its sunset as a major contributor to quality assurance in health education for more than a quarter of a century.

scholarly journals Impact of Public Health Education Program on the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak in the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enahoro A. Iboi ◽  
Ariana Richardson ◽  
Rachel Ruffin ◽  
DeAndrea Ingram ◽  
Jailyn Clark ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Health Education Program ◽  
The Us ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

AbstractThe coronavirus outbreak in the United States continues to pose a serious threat to human lives. Public health measures to slow down the spread of the virus involve using a face mask, social-distancing, and frequent hand washing. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a global campaign on the use of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to curtail the spread of the virus. However, the number of cases, mortality, and hospitalization continue to rise globally, including in the United States. We developed a mathematical model to assess the impact of a public health education program on the coronavirus outbreak in the US. Our simulation showed the prospect of an effective public health education program in reducing both the cumulative and daily mortality of the novel coronavirus. Finally, our result suggests the need to obey public health measures as loss of willingness would increase the cumulative and daily mortality in the US.

scholarly journals Crisis Information Seeking and Sharing (CISS): Scale Development for Measuring Publics’ Communicative Behavior in Social-Mediated Public Health Crises

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yin-I Lee ◽  
Yan Jin
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Communicative Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior

This study first refines the conceptual framework of publics’ communicative behavior in social mediated health crises. Then two multiple-item scales for measuring publics’ health crisis information seeking and sharing (CISS) are developed and tested by employing online survey data sets from a random national sample of 279 adults and 280 adults in the United States, respectively. Results indicate seven types of crisis information seeking behavior and 17 types of crisis information sharing behavior crossing over platforms, channels, and information sources. The CISS scales provide a valid and reliable tool for crisis communication researchers and practitioners to measure publics’ information seeking and sharing activities in social-mediated public health crisis communication.

Opportunities and Challenges for Undergraduate Public Health Education in Australia and New Zealand

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuan Luu ◽  
Kate Dundas ◽  
Erica L. James
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Health Workforce ◽  
The Public ◽  
Single Subjects ◽  
Double Degree ◽  
Undergraduate Public Health

The international emergence of undergraduate education in public health has transformed the public health education landscape. While this shift is clearest and most widely evaluated in the United States, efforts in other parts of the world—such as Australasia—have not kept pace. This article aims to redress the evidence gap by identifying and discussing the different approaches through which Australian and New Zealand universities deliver public health education at the undergraduate level. A content analysis was conducted of online handbook information published by 47 universities across Australia and New Zealand, to gauge the various ways in which these universities implement undergraduate public health education. Each offering identified was assigned to one of four predetermined categories. Of the 47 universities, 45 were found to offer some form of undergraduate coursework in public health. Offerings took primarily the form of single subjects. Less commonly implemented were specializations ( n = 20), stand-alone undergraduate degrees ( n = 11), and double degree combinations ( n = 6). This breadth of activity highlights the need for renewed efforts in evaluating undergraduate public health education across the region. Further research is recommended into three areas: (1) emerging best practices in curriculum development and implementation, (2) explorations of public health accreditation in the region, and (3) the outcomes achieved by students and graduates of undergraduate public health degrees across Australia and New Zealand. These efforts will ultimately strengthen the operationalization and contribution of this education in helping shape the future public health workforce in Australasia.

scholarly journals Impact of Public Health Education Program on the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak in the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enahoro Iboi ◽  
Ariana Richardson ◽  
Rachel Ruffin ◽  
DeAndrea Ingram ◽  
Jailyn Clark ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Health Education Program ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The coronavirus outbreak in the United States continues to pose a serious threat to human lives. Public health measures to slow down the spread of the virus involve using a face mask, social-distancing, and frequent hand washing. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a global campaign on the use of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to curtail the spread of the virus. However, the number of cases, mortality, and hospitalization continue to rise globally, including in the United States. We developed a mathematical model to assess the impact of a public health education program on the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. Our simulation showed the prospect of an effective public health education program in reducing both the cumulative and daily mortality of the novel coronavirus. Finally, our result suggests the need to obey public health measures as loss of willingness would increase the cumulative and daily mortality in the United States.

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