Educating the Public Health Workforce: A Scoping Review
The aim of this scoping review was to identify and characterize the recent literature pertaining to the education of the public health workforce worldwide. The importance of preparing a public health workforce with sufficient capacity and appropriate capabilities has been recognized by major organiz...
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| description | The aim of this scoping review was to identify and characterize the recent literature pertaining to the education of the public health workforce worldwide. The importance of preparing a public health workforce with sufficient capacity and appropriate capabilities has been recognized by major organizations around the world (1). Champions for public health note that a suitably educated workforce is essential to the delivery of public health services, including emergency response to biological, manmade, and natural disasters, within countries and across the globe. No single repository offers a comprehensive compilation of who is teaching public health, to whom, and for what end. Moreover, no international consensus prevails on what higher education should entail or what pedagogy is optimal for providing the necessary education. Although health agencies, public or private, might project workforce needs, the higher level of education remains the sole responsibility of higher education institutions. The long-term goal of this study is to describe approaches to the education of the public health workforce around the world by identifying the peer-reviewed literature, published primarily by academicians involved in educating those who will perform public health functions. This paper reports on the first phase of the study: identifying and categorizing papers published in peer-reviewed literature between 2000 and 2015. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1caf1b31d3204398b78c426c81f6c2782022-12-21T22:57:00ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652018-02-01610.3389/fpubh.2018.00027324127Educating the Public Health Workforce: A Scoping ReviewDonghua Tao0Connie J. Evashwick1Michal Grivna2Roger Harrison3Saint Louis University Medical Center Library, St. Louis, MO, United StatesMilken Institute of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United StatesCollege of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab EmiratesSchool of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United KingdomThe aim of this scoping review was to identify and characterize the recent literature pertaining to the education of the public health workforce worldwide. The importance of preparing a public health workforce with sufficient capacity and appropriate capabilities has been recognized by major organizations around the world (1). Champions for public health note that a suitably educated workforce is essential to the delivery of public health services, including emergency response to biological, manmade, and natural disasters, within countries and across the globe. No single repository offers a comprehensive compilation of who is teaching public health, to whom, and for what end. Moreover, no international consensus prevails on what higher education should entail or what pedagogy is optimal for providing the necessary education. Although health agencies, public or private, might project workforce needs, the higher level of education remains the sole responsibility of higher education institutions. The long-term goal of this study is to describe approaches to the education of the public health workforce around the world by identifying the peer-reviewed literature, published primarily by academicians involved in educating those who will perform public health functions. This paper reports on the first phase of the study: identifying and categorizing papers published in peer-reviewed literature between 2000 and 2015.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00027/fullpublic health workforcepublic health workforce trainingpublic health workforce pedagogyliterature searchpublic health workforce educationhealth workforce worldwide |
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| title | Educating the Public Health Workforce: A Scoping Review |
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| title_short | Educating the Public Health Workforce: A Scoping Review |
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| topic | public health workforce public health workforce training public health workforce pedagogy literature search public health workforce education health workforce worldwide |
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