Press and Publications
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report CDC publication of "essential findings" of the Consensus Conference on Undergraduate Public Health Education, October 19, 2007. The full consensus conference report is available through CCAS at http://www.ccas.net
CDC Podcast: "Preparing Students To Be Good and Healthy Citizens in the 21st Century" with Dr. Julie Gerberding, Director of CDC, available at http://www2a.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=8696
Inside Higher Education: "Epidemiology as an Undergraduate Mainstay" http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/11/07/health
Liberal Education: AAC&U "Back to the Pump Handle: Public Health and the Future of Undergraduate Education" Albertine S, Persily NA, and Riegelman. R http://www.aacu.org/liberaleducation/le-fa07/le_fa07_perspectives1.cfm
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice: "Who Will Keep the Public Healthy?" The Case for Undergraduate Public Health Education: A Review of Three Programs; Jan-Feb 2008 Bass SB, Guttmacher S, Nezami E http://www.jphmp.com
Academic Medicine – April 2008 Theme issue on population health including an article on Evidence-Based Public Health as Preparation for Medical School http://www.academicmedicine.org
American Journal of Preventive Medicine – APTR September 2008; Theme issue on undergraduate public health education http://www.ajpm-online.net
Public Health Reports, ASPH Articulation of Undergraduate and Graduate Education in Public Health, Lee J. http://www.publichealthreports.org/userfiles/123_8/12-17.pdf
The Washington Post: "For a Global Generation, Public Health Is a Hot Field", front page September 18, 2008. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/18/AR2008091804145.html?hpid=topnews
Peer Review – AAC&U – "Intentionality and Integration in Undergraduate Global Public Health Education", Bernheim RG et. al., Fall 2008 http://www.aacu.org/peerreview/pr-fa08/pr-fa08_public_health.cfm
Inside Higher Education – For Undergrads, A Shot of Public Health. April 3, 2009 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/04/03/publichealth
Peer Review – AAC&U – Special Issue on Undergraduate Public Health Education through the support of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, Summer 2009 http://www.aacu.org/peerreview/index.cfm
Additional Resources
New England Journal of Medicine
"Epidemiology as a Liberal Art", by David Fraser
http://www.collegeboard.com/yes/ae/we1.html
ASPH Core Competency in Public Health Project
The Association of Schools of Public Health has identified five discipline-specific core competencies and seven cross-cutting competencies in Public Health. These competencies form the basis for the Certification in Public Health Exam.
http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=851
Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH)
CEPH is an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools of public health and graduate public health programs outside schools of public health.
http://www.ceph.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
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