Sinclair Lisa Bundara, Tanenhaus Rachel H, Courtney-Long Elizabeth, Eaton Danice K
Division of Human Development and Disabilities, Disability and Health Branch, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (Mss Sinclair and Courtney-Long and Dr Eaton); and Office of Health Equity, Health and Disability Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston (Ms Tanenhaus).
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015 Jul-Aug;21(4):400-5. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000114.
To describe the percentage of US public health schools and programs offering graduate-level courses with disability content as a potential baseline measurement for Healthy People 2020 objective DH-3 and compare the percentage of public health schools that offered disability coursework in 1999 with those in 2011.
In 2011, using SurveyMonkey.com, cross-sectional information was collected from the deans, associate deans, directors, or chairpersons of master of public health-granting public health schools and programs that were accredited and listed with the Council on Education for Public Health. Two rounds of follow-up were conducted at 4-month intervals by e-mails and phone calls to program contacts who had not responded. The responses from schools and programs were calculated and compared.
There were 78 responses (34 schools and 44 programs) for a response rate of 63%. Fifty percent of public health schools and programs offered some disability content within their graduate-level courses. A greater percentage of schools than programs (71% vs 34%; P = .003) offered some graduate-level disability coursework within their curricula. The percentage of schools that offered disability coursework was similar in 1999 and 2011.
This assessment provides a potential baseline measurement for Healthy People 2020 objective DH-3. Future assessments should focus on clarifying disability content within courses and identifying capacity to offering disability training within public health schools and programs.
描述提供包含残疾相关内容的研究生课程的美国公共卫生学院及项目的比例，以此作为《健康人民2020》目标DH - 3的潜在基线衡量指标，并比较1999年和2011年提供残疾相关课程作业的公共卫生学院的比例。
2011年，通过SurveyMonkey.com从获得公共卫生硕士学位授予资格、经公共卫生教育委员会认证并列出的公共卫生学院及项目的院长、副院长、主任或主席处收集横断面信息。对未回复的项目联系人每隔4个月通过电子邮件和电话进行两轮跟进。计算并比较学校和项目的回复情况。
共收到78份回复（34所学校和44个项目），回复率为63%。50%的公共卫生学院及项目在其研究生课程中提供了一些残疾相关内容。提供研究生阶段残疾相关课程作业的学校比例高于项目比例（71%对34%；P = 0.003）。1999年和2011年提供残疾相关课程作业的学校比例相似。
本评估为《健康人民2020》目标DH - 3提供了潜在的基线衡量指标。未来的评估应侧重于明确课程中的残疾相关内容，并确定公共卫生学院及项目提供残疾培训的能力。
