Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Abstract; 3 Summary; 4 1. Introduction; 5 2. History and Current Status of Public Health Education in the United States; 6 3. The Future of Public Health Education; 7 4. Future Role of Schools of Public Health in Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century; 8 5. The Need for Public Health Education in Other Programs and Schools; 9 6. Public Health Agencies: Their Roles in Educating Public Health Professionals; 10 Conclusion; 11 References; 12 Appendix A: School of Public Health Catalogue Abstraction; 13 Appendix B: School of Public Health Survey Instrument; 14 Appendix C: Organizational Input; 15 Appendix D: Education of Public Health Professionals in the 21st Century; 16 Appendix E: Occupational Classifications; 17 Appendix F: A Collection of Competency Sets; 18 Appendix G: Public Meeting; 19 Appendix H: Committee Biographies; 20 Index

About the Author

Kristine Gebbie, Linda Rosenstock, and Lyla M. Hernandez, Editors, Committee on Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century