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Article: New initiative to bring public health education to undergrads.(Every student can learn from public health)
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- The Nation's Health
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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Every day on the nation's college campuses, undergraduate students move from class to class against a backdrop of complex public health concerns. Drug-resistant diseases, obesity, bioterrorism, pandemic flu, climate change, the soaring cost of health care and tainted food are but a few of the public health issues that will impact their future health and well-being.
To prepare them for the challenges ahead, a movement has emerged to bring public health education to all of the nation's 6 million undergraduate students--not just those studying public health. The initiative--built on the belief that public health education should be an essential part of every ...