Who will keep the public healthy? : educating public health professionals for the 21st century / Kristine Gebbie, Linda Rosenstock, and Lyla M. Hernandez, editors.

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2003], ©2003.

xvi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"Committee on Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine."

Abstract -- Executive summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. History and current status of public health education in the United States -- 3. future of public health education -- 4. Future role of schools of public health in educating public health professionals for the 21st century -- 5. need for public health education in other programs and schools -- 6. Public health agencies: their roles in educating public health professionals -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix A: School of public health catalogue abstraction -- Appendix B: School of public health survey instrument -- Appendix C: Organizational input -- Appendix D: Education of public health professionals in the 20th century -- Appendix E: Occupational classifications -- Appendix F: A collection of competency sets -- Appendix G: Public meeting -- Appendix H: Committee biographies.

Includes bibliographical references and index.