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Article: Public health credentialing effort hopes to raise professional bar.(ON THE JOB: News for the public health profession)(National Board of Public Health Examiners)
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- The Nation's Health
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- August 1, 2006
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THE diversity of educational backgrounds among public health workers can be both a blessing and a curse: It reflects the broad range of skills needed in building a comprehensive public health infrastructure, but it also means the field's work force is often viewed as lacking the full scope of public health fundamentals that often attracts greater recognition, better compensation and, in turn, more workers. However, efforts are now under way to fill that void.
After years of work, the National Board of Public Health Examiners was launched in 2005 with the aim of credentialing graduates of accredited public health schools and programs. If work continues as planned, ...