Johnson Ken
Dumke College of Health Professions, Weber State University, 3901 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408-3901, USA.
J Allied Health. 2010 Fall;39(3):150-5.
A key objective of Healthy People 2010, a program of the U.S. Public Health Service, falls within the responsibility of member programs of the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP). Objective 1.7 reads, "Increase the proportion of schools of medicine, schools of nursing and health professional training schools whose basic curriculum for health care providers includes the core competencies in health promotion and disease prevention." In light of the upcoming development of Healthy People 2020, this paper explores four specific topics related to Objective 1.7 outlined in the Clinical Prevention and Population Health Curriculum Framework, recommended by experts from a number of health disciplines, and whether or not ASAHP programs include these topics in their curricula. Survey data would indicate that many of the elements of the four topics are covered. A few key subjects, however, are not covered by all programs. For example, both immunization and preventive medicine are not included in required courses of a majority of the respondents. The development of health policy and understanding global health issues appear also to be lacking. Health professions educators are advised to consider the health promotion and disease prevention aspects of their curricula.
美国公共卫生服务部的“健康人民2010”计划的一个关键目标，属于联合健康专业院校协会（ASAHP）成员计划的职责范围。目标1.7的内容为：“提高医学院校、护理院校和健康专业培训学校的比例，这些学校为医疗保健提供者开设的基础课程包括健康促进和疾病预防的核心能力。”鉴于即将出台的“健康人民2020”计划，本文探讨了与临床预防和人群健康课程框架中概述的目标1.7相关的四个具体主题，这些主题是由多个健康学科的专家推荐的，以及ASAHP计划是否在其课程中涵盖了这些主题。调查数据表明，这四个主题的许多要素都有涉及。然而，一些关键主题并非所有计划都涵盖。例如，大多数受访者的必修课程中都没有包括免疫接种和预防医学。健康政策的制定和对全球健康问题的理解似乎也有所欠缺。建议健康专业教育工作者考虑其课程中健康促进和疾病预防的方面。
