Recently added articles from Peer Review:
An Approach to Development of a Public Health Minor
Jul 01, 2009; ... The University of Nebraska at Kearney recognized as early as 2004 that there was reason to introduce pubUc health study into the undergraduate curriculum. Faculty and administrative leaders observed that threats to pubUc health had become increasingly compelling and urgent Once-eradicated ...
The Evolution of the Interdisciplinary Health and Society Major at Beloit College
Jul 01, 2009; ... The development of the health and society major at Beloit College represents the convergence of student and faculty interests, and of local and national educational trends, within an environment that is flexible and supportive of curricular innovation. Beloit College is an independent liberal ...
Undergraduates Are the New "Partners" in Public Health
Jul 01, 2009; ... "Who Will Keep the Public Healthy?" Undergraduate students have a meaningful role! During the recent outbreak of the swine/HlNl influenza, for example, University of Virginia's Laura McLaughlin, a rising fourth-year undergraduate human biology major, was ready for action. Having taken a ...
Infusing Public Health Education into the Undergraduate Curriculum: The Experience of a Comprehensive University
Jul 01, 2009; ... The Institute of Medicine's 2003 call to introduce all undergraduate students to public health education has stimulated the imaginations of faculty across the curriculum and across the country (Gebbie, Rosenstock, and Hernandez 2003; Riegelman, Albertine, and Persily 2007). The subsequent ...
The Disappearing Glaciers of Kilimanjaro-Conducting Collaborative Undergraduate Research on Africa's Tallest Peak
Jul 01, 2009; ... In May 2006, former Vice President Al Gore leaped from the political podium to the big screen, starring in his documentary An Inconvenient Truth. This film painted an ominous picture of the implications of global climate change, and offered a scathing critique of government policies toward ...