Meeting local needs while developing public health practice skills: a model community-academic partnership.
J Public Health Manag Pract
; 15(5): 425-31, 2009.
Article
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| ID: mdl-19704311
ABSTRACT
Public health graduate education helps future practitioners to develop relevant skills, yet students have few opportunities to gain experience with community-level public health practice beyond work with health departments. Although the importance of academic-community partnerships is mentioned in the classroom, many students believe that they lack the time to pursue hands-on public health work in their local communities. Despite this, community-based organizations recognize the potential benefits of collaborating with public health students. This article describes the inception and implementation of the Connection Community Consultant Group, a program designed to increase interactions between students of public health and community-based organizations as well as to provide a forum for the application of students' developing public health knowledge and skills. Students who participate in the Connection gain public health practice experience in areas such as environmental health, healthcare access, health education, and violence prevention. The Connection serves as a model program for a mutually beneficial exchange Graduate students can develop public health practice skills, and community-based organizations can capitalize on these skills to meet short-term needs.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Prática de Saúde Pública
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Relações Comunidade-Instituição
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Comportamento Cooperativo
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Necessidades e Demandas de Serviços de Saúde
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Public Health Manag Pract
Assunto da revista:
SAUDE PUBLICA
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
EEUU
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ESTADOS UNIDOS
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ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMERICA
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EUA
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UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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US
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USA