Seminars for Public Health Administrators: Education Note

Competency-based credentialing of public health administrators in Illinois.

This article describes an initiative to develop and implement a competency-based credentialing program for public health managers and administrators that is linked with practice performance standards for local public health systems. The Illinois Public Health Administration Certification Board represents an innovative model for credentialing public health workers, placing equal value on compete...

Note on Strategy in Public Education

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The Status of Equity for Black Faculty and Administrators in Public Higher Education in the South

This paper uses descriptive analyses of data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System to examine the status of Blacks among faculty and administrators at public higher education institutions in the South, where ‘‘status’’ is defined as representation in employment relative to representation among bachelor’s degree recipients. The descriptive statistics show that, although some pr...

Public Health Propaganda and Education

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...