Teaching Public Health

Description

A comprehensive collection of best practices in public health education.

As more students are drawn to public health as a field of study and a profession, bringing varied backgrounds and experiences with them, the number of public health programs and schools of public health has grown substantially. How can teachers meet the changing needs of incoming students-and ensure that graduates have the knowledge, skills, and attributes to pursue further education and forge successful careers in public health?

Aimed at experienced and new teachers alike, this timely volume is a cutting-edge primer on teaching public health around the globe. Bringing together leaders in the field with expertise across the educational continuum, the book combines the conceptual underpinnings needed to advance curricula with the resources to train and support faculty in innovative teaching methods. This thorough book

• discusses challenges faced by public health teachers
• examines the principles and practices for teaching at each level of study
• describes technological and pedagogical innovations in public health education
• stresses the importance of life-long learning and interprofessional education
• offers concrete tips for engaging students through active and collaborative learning
• focuses on teaching cultural competency and reaching diverse student populations
• looks to the future, building on emerging trends and anticipating where the field is headed

A field-defining volume, Teaching Public Health offers a concrete plan to ensure that both individual courses and overall curricula are responsive to the needs of a rapidly changing student body and the world beyond the school.

Contributors: Linda Alexander, Susan Altfeld, Jessica S. Ancker, Lauren D. Arnold, Melissa D. Begg, Angela Breckenridge, Kathryn M. Cardarelli, Angela Carman, Trey Conatser, Lorraine M. Conroy, Yvette C. Cozier, Eugene Declercq, Marie Diener-West, Jen Dolan, Greg Evans, Julian Fisher, Elizabeth French, Sandro Galea, Daniel Gerber, Sophie Godley, Jacey A. Greece, Perry N. Halkitis, Jennifer Hebert-Beirne, Jyotsna Jagai, Katherine Johnson, Nancy Kane, David G. Kleinbaum, Wayne LaMorte, Meg Landfried, Delia L. Lang, Joel Lee, Laura Linnan, Laura Magana Valladares, Uchechi Mitchell, Beth Moracco, Robert Pack, Donna Petersen, Silvia E. Rabionet, Elizabeth Reisinger Walker, Richard Riegelman, Kathleen Ryan, Nelly Salgado de Snyder, Rachel Schwartz, Lisa M. Sullivan, Tanya Uden-Holman, Luann White, James Wolff, Randy Wykoff

Table of Contents

1. Acknowledgments
2. About the Authors
3. Part I. The Past and the Present
   1. Chapter 1. The Evolution of Public Health Teaching by Lisa M. Sullivan and Sandro Galea
   2. Chapter 2. The Current State of Public Health Education by Donna Petersen
   3. Chapter 3. A Conceptual Orientation to Public Health Teaching by Robert Pack and Randy Wykoff
4. Part II. The Public Health Teaching Continuum
   1. Chapter 4. Activating Public Health Learning for Adolescents and Young Adultsby Perry N. Halkitis
   2. Chapter 5. Undergraduate Education in Public Health by Lauren D. Arnold
   3. Chapter 6. Community Colleges and Public Health: Building the Continuum of Public Health Education by Katherine Johnson and Richard Riegelman
   4. Chapter 7. Master of Public Health Education by Marie Diener-West
   5. Chapter 8. The DrPH Degree in Contemporary Public Health Education by Eugene Declercq
   6. Chapter 9. Lifelong Learning by Joel Lee
   7. Chapter 10. Interprofessional Education by Tanya Uden-Holman
5. Part III. Innovation in Public Health Teaching
   1. Chapter 11. Public Health Course Design by Melissa D. Begg and Jessica S. Ancker
   2. Chapter 12. Engaging the Public Health Student through Active and Collaborative Learning by Kathryn M. Cardarelli, Angela Carman, and Trey Conatser
   3. Chapter 13. Teaching Cultural Competency for Twenty-First-Century Public Health Practice by Linda Alexander
   4. Chapter 14. Teaching in a Diverse Classroom: A Student-Centered Approach by Lorraine M. Conroy, Susan Altfeld, Jennifer Hebert-Beirne, Jyotsna Jagai, and Uchechi Mitchell
   5. Chapter 15. Innovative Active Learning in Public Health by David G. Kleinbaum
   6. Chapter 16. Practice-Based Teaching in Public Health by Jacey A. Greece and James Wolff
   7. Chapter 17. Teaching Public Health by the Case Method by Nancy Kane
   8. Chapter 18. Group-Based Service Learning Teaching Approaches by Laura Linnan, Meg Landfried, Elizabeth French, and Beth Moracco
   9. Chapter 19. Effective Collaborative Learning Experiences: It Is All in the Design by Luann White and Angela Breckenridge
   10. Chapter 20. Navigating Difficult Conversations in Public Health Classrooms by Yvette C. Cozier and Sophie Godley
   11. Chapter 21. Public Health Education and Service Learning by Daniel Gerber and Jen Dolan
   12. Chapter 22. Technology in Teaching by Wayne LaMorte and Kathleen Ryan
   13. Chapter 23. Teaching Support, Training, and Supporting Teaching Assistants by Greg Evans and Rachel Schwartz
   14. Chapter 24. Innovations in Evaluating and Valuing Public Health Teaching: The Challenges of Course Evaluations by Delia L. Lang and Elizabeth Reisinger Walker
6. Part IV. The Present and the Future
   1. Chapter 25. Responding Interprofessionally to a Complex World: The Impact on Public Health Education and Workforce by Laura Magana Valladares, Julian Fisher, Nelly Salgado de Snyder, and Silvia E. Rabionet
   2. Chapter 26. Envisioning a Future for Public Health Education across the Life Course by Sandro Galea and Lisa M. Sullivan
7. Index

Contributors: Linda Alexander, Susan Altfeld, Jessica S. Ancker, Lauren D. Arnold, Melissa D. Begg, Angela Breckenridge, Kathryn M. Cardarelli, Angela Carman, Trey Conatser, Lorraine M. Conroy, Yvette C. Cozier, Eugene Declercq, Marie Diener-West, Jen Dolan, Greg Evans, Julian Fisher, Elizabeth French, Sandro Galea, Daniel Gerber, Sophie Godley, Jacey A. Greece, Perry N. Halkitis, Jennifer Hebert-Beirne, Jyotsna Jagai, Katherine Johnson, Nancy Kane, David G. Kleinbaum, Wayne LaMorte, Meg Landfried, Delia L. Lang, Joel Lee, Laura Linnan, Laura Magana Valladares, Uchechi Mitchell, Beth Moracco, Robert Pack, Donna Petersen, Silvia E. Rabionet, Elizabeth Reisinger Walker, Richard Riegelman, Kathleen Ryan, Nelly Salgado de Snyder, Rachel Schwartz, Lisa M. Sullivan, Tanya Uden-Holman, Luann White, James Wolff, Randy Wykoff

Author Biography

Lisa M. Sullivan is a professor of biostatistics and the associate dean for education at Boston University’s School of Public Health. She is the author of Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health. Sandro Galea is the Robert A. Knox Professor and the dean of Boston University’s School of Public Health. He is the author of Healthier: Fifty Thoughts on the Foundations of Population Health.