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Article: APHA Affiliates bringing public health education to undergrads.(THE AFFILIATES: State, regional public health associations)
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- The Nation's Health
- Article date:
- May 1, 2009
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A nationwide movement to bring public health education to the nation's 6 million undergraduate students is growing stronger, thanks to a pilot program launched this spring by APHA's Committee on Affiliates.
As part of CoA's new Connecting with the Colleges initiative, a handful of APHA-affiliated state public health associations are bringing public health professionals together with local colleges and universities. Efforts vary widely as Affiliate leaders sift through opportunities to foster public health education, but all share a common goal of developing undergraduate public health education in the classroom and in the community.
"Instead of one ...