Bass Sarah Bauerle, Guttmacher Sally, Nezami Elahe
Department of Public Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2008 Jan-Feb;14(1):6-14. doi: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000303407.81732.02.
While most universities have focused on graduate education to create public health leaders, undergraduate public health education is another way to ensure a prepared workforce at all levels. This article provides examples of three Council on Education for Public Health accredited graduate programs outside schools of public health (University of Southern California, Temple University, and New York University) that also offer undergraduate public health education, one that is in its first year of offering a public health minor, and the other two offering majors and minors. Although these programs come from different philosophies, all have an underlying mission to influence how public health is understood. Considering the current need for public health workers, we anticipate that most higher education institutions will soon offer undergraduate public health courses. These programs must be mindful, however, of newly emerging accreditation requirements, which might have implications for both established and newly developing undergraduate public health programs, as well as articulation issues between undergraduate- and graduate-level master of public health programs. An examination of existing programs, as well as a discussion of accreditation requirements and articulation issues, will help institutions create curricula that meet their students' educational needs as well as the need for a strong public health workforce.
虽然大多数大学专注于研究生教育以培养公共卫生领域的领导者，但本科公共卫生教育是确保各级都有一支有准备的劳动力队伍的另一种方式。本文列举了公共卫生教育委员会认证的三所非公共卫生学院的研究生项目（南加州大学、天普大学和纽约大学）的例子，这些项目也提供本科公共卫生教育，其中一个项目刚开始提供公共卫生辅修专业，另外两个项目提供主修和辅修专业。尽管这些项目有着不同的理念，但都有一个潜在的使命，即影响人们对公共卫生的理解方式。考虑到当前对公共卫生工作者的需求，我们预计大多数高等教育机构很快将提供本科公共卫生课程。然而，这些项目必须留意新出现的认证要求，这可能会对既有和新开设的本科公共卫生项目产生影响，同时也会涉及本科与研究生层次公共卫生硕士项目之间的衔接问题。对现有项目进行考察，以及对认证要求和衔接问题进行讨论，将有助于各机构创建既能满足学生教育需求，又能满足强大公共卫生劳动力需求的课程。
