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Offering an overview of public health education and its ability to provide the training needed to meet emerging challenges such as bioterrorism and drug-resistant disease, this book examines the roles of public health schools and degree-granting programs, medical schools, and government agencies, and makes recommendations on curriculum, faculty qualifications, research, and government funding for education. Gebbie teaches nursing at Columbia University.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Columbia Univ., New York City, NY. Provides an overview of the past, present, and future of public health education, assessing its readiness to offer the training and education necessary to prepare for the 21st century. Discusses the role of public health, government agencies, and education in the health and well being for future generations.

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"Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? provides an overview of the past, present, and future of public health education, assessing its readiness to provide the training and education needed to prepare men and women to face 21st century challenges. Advocating an ecological approach to public health, the committee examines, the role of public health schools and degree-granting programs, medical schools, nursing schools, government agencies, as well as other institutions that foster public health education and leadership. Recommendations address the content of public health education, qualifications for faculty, availability of supervised practice, opportunities for cross-disciplinary research and education, cooperation with government agencies, and government funding for education." Eight areas of critical importance to public health education in the 21st century are examined in depth: informatics, genomics, communication, cultural competence, community-based participatory research, global health, policy and law, and public health ethics. The committee also discusses the policy implications of its ecological framework.

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