New IOM Report of Importance: Who Will Keep the Public Healthy?

[Laura Larsson]

Friends:

This is a must scan if not a must read: Who Will Keep the Public 
Healthy? Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century 
(2002) Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP 
<http://www4.nationalacademies.org/IOM/IOMHome.nsf/Pages/Health+Promotion+and+Disease+Prevention>), 
Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP 
<http://www4.nationalacademies.org/IOM/IOMHome.nsf/Pages/Health+Promotion+and+Disease+Prevention>), 
Institute of Medicine (IOM 
<http://www4.nationalacademies.org/iom/iomhome.nsf>). It is available 
from: http://www.nap.edu/books/030908542X/html/ ,

The Institute of Medicine released a study which was focused on 
assessing the past and current state of education and training for 
public health professionals, identifying future practice needs, and 
developing a framework for future public health professional education. 
New areas of study are recommended. These are: informatics, genomics, 
communication, cultural competence, competency-based participatory 
research, global health, policy and law, and ethics.

The content can be read online. The summary is available for reading in 
PDF format.

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Laura Larsson
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