Illuminating the MPH health educator workforce: Results and implications of an employer survey

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 683-694

  Finocchio, Leonard J ^a   Love, Mary Beth ^a   Sanchez, Emma V ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Education and training; Health education; Health educator; Public health; Workforce

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPLOYER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WORK; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542599006     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198103255365     Document Type: Review

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