Public Health System Partnerships: Role for Local Boards of Health in Preparing the Future Public Health Workforce

The Institute of Medicine’s report, Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century, recommended that public health education be accessible to undergraduate students. Promoting access to public health education will ideally contribute to a well-educated public health workforce, thus assuring the fulfillment of the public health mission. In response to this call to action, the authors examined the...