Education in Public Health

Public Health Propaganda and Education

Changing Concepts in Public Health Education *

Determination of the exact events leading to the origin of any social movement is difficult; with public health education those factors which set the wheels in motion are hard to identify. In the late nineteenth century, schools in widely scattered areas introduced the first meager courses in physical education, home economics, and in an understanding of the evils of alcohol and narcotics. At t...

Problems and progress in public health education.

Further development of public health education is critical to improve population health globally. A debate on the relevance and direction of some 400 schools of public health and many other related institutions around the world is therefore timely. Some argue that most public health schools set up in low-income countries blindly follow their counterparts in high-income countries, reproducing cl...

[Health education and education in the health system: concepts and implications for public health].

The scope of this paper is to analyze the key concepts and expressions related to health education and education in the health system and their interfaces in the field of Public Health. Since there are various interpretations among health professionals regarding such terminologies and their variants in daily practice, it is necessary to establish the difference between them. Consequently, an at...

Health informatics education: an opportunity for public health in Canada.

Health information infrastructure is being developed across Canada, and health informatics education should be a component of the emerging infrastructure. However, educational opportunities do not appear to be developing in pace with infrastructure. This study characterizes the required education, and describes specific issues facing the development of health informatics education. Twenty-six k...