| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 132 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Introduction and Overview -- Public Health Workforce -- Public Health Education: Changing Times -- Public Health Lessons: Practicing and Teaching Public Health -- Standardizing Public Health Practice: Benefits and Challenges -- The Future of the Public?s Health from the Perspective of Public Health Experts -- Vision for Public Health Practice in the 21st Century: Target Improvement Areas. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 3, 2014). |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Public health -- Study and teaching.
|
|
Medicine & Public Health.
|
|
Public Health.
|
|
Professional & Vocational Education.
|
|
HEALTH & FITNESS / Healthy Living
|
|
HEALTH & FITNESS / Holism
|
|
HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference
|
|
MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine
|
|
Public health -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst01082320
|
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
|
Electronic books.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Caron, Rosemary M Preparing the Public Health Workforce : Educational Pathways for the Field and the Classroom Cham : Springer International Publishing,c2014 9783319072890 |
| ISBN |
9783319072906 electronic bk. |
|
3319072900 electronic bk. |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-3-319-07290-6 doi |
|
