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Analysis of CEPH-accredited DrPH programs in the United States: A mixed-methods study

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  • Chulwoo Park
  • Gene Migliaccio
  • Mark Edberg
  • Seble Frehywot
  • Geralyn Johnson

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Interest has been growing in regard to increasing the public health workforce and standardizing training to ensure there are competent professionals to support rebuilding and reinforcing the public health infrastructure of the United States. The need for public health leaders was recognized as early as the hookworm control campaign during 1909–1914 when it became apparent that prevention of disease should be distinct from clinical medicine and should be conducted by professionally trained, dedicated full-time public health practitioners. In recent years, research on the public health workforce and on standardizing health workforce education has significantly expanded. A key element of such a workforce is public health leadership, and DrPH programs are the means to provide effective public health education for these future health professionals. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the general trend of DrPH programs from past to present and analyze the common themes and variations of 28 Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)-accredited DrPH programs in the United States. This research utilized a mixed-methods approach, investigating DrPH education at each school or program to improve our understanding of the current status of DrPH programs.

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  • Chulwoo Park & Gene Migliaccio & Mark Edberg & Seble Frehywot & Geralyn Johnson, 2021. "Analysis of CEPH-accredited DrPH programs in the United States: A mixed-methods study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(2), pages 1-29, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0245892
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245892
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