Community Colleges and Public Health: An Integral Part of the Continuum of Education for Public Health

Frontiers in Public Health

Richard Kenneth Riegelman¹ 

关键词: undergraduate public health education;    community colleges;    continuum of public health education;    health education;    health administration;    environmental health sciences;    health navigator;    community health workers;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2014.00226

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Undergraduate education for public health has grown rapidly in the last decade since the Institute of Medicine recommended that “…all undergraduates should have access to education in public health.” Despite the growth of undergraduate education for public health in 4-year institutions, public health education in community colleges is at an early stage of development. In a comprehensive 2011–12 web-based catalog search of community colleges, only seven associate degree programs in public health or related fields could be identified (1, 2).

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