10-Year Roadmap for Reaching Public Health Education Goals
Healthy People 2020 Education for Health Initiative Featured in the
American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Launched on December 2, 2010, Healthy People 2020 is an ambitious, science-based,10-year agenda for improving the health of all Americans. A key component, Education for Health, is an educational roadmap to achieve the Healthy People 2020 goals. Formulated by the APTR Healthy People Curriculum Task Force, this set of new and revised educational objectives provides a vehicle for promoting the discussion and progress that will be needed to achieve an integrated, seamless approach to education for health for the American public as well as for health professionals. The February 2011 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine features a series of articles that examine public-health educational needs and goals for the U.S.

Overviews

A 2020 Vision for Educating the Next Generation of Public Health Leaders

HK Koh, JM Nowinski, JJ Piotrowski

Healthy People 2020 and Education for Health: What Are the Objectives?

RK Riegelman, DR Garr

Healthy People 2020 Objectives: Education for Health

Evidence-Based Health Promotion Programs for Schools and Communities

DD Inman, Karen M. van Bakergem, AC LaRosa, DR Garr

Community Colleges and Public Health: Making the Connections

BA Kirkwood, RK Riegelman

Undergraduate Public Health at 4-Year Institutions: It’s Here to Stay

RK Riegelman, S Albertine

Using the Clinical Prevention and Population Health Curriculum Framework to Encourage Curricular Change

R Maeshiro, CH Evans, JM Stanley, SM Meyer, VW Spolsky, SC Shannon, MB Bigley, JD Allan, WG Lang,KL Johnson

Tools for Implementation: Education for Health

Model Approaches for Advancing Interprofessional Prevention Education

CH Evans, SB Cashman, DA Page, DR Garr

The Roles of Healthcare Professionals in Implementing Clinical Prevention and Population Health

T Zenzano, JD Allan, MB Bigley, RL Bushardt, DR Garr, K Johnson, W Lang, R Maeshiro, SM Meyer, SC Shannon, VW Spolsky, JM Stanley

Resources

Press release about AJPM theme articles pdf

Education for Health framework pdf

Learn more about the Healthy People Curriculum Task Force

Clinical Prevention and Population Health Curriculum Framework pdf

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Successful Practices Initiative

This theme issue was made possible through support from the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation of New York.

For further information about the articles in this issue or to schedule interviews, please email vsc@aptrweb.org

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