Perspectives on terminology and conceptual and professional issues in health education and health promotion credentialing

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 439-450

  Taub, Alyson ^a   Allegrante, John P ^b   Barry, Margaret M ^c   Sakagami, Keiko ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d Japanese Society for Health Promotion and Education   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Certification; Credentialing; Health education; Health promotion; International health; Professional preparation; Public health workforce; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NOMENCLATURE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARD;

CREDENTIALING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 67649718349     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198109333826     Document Type: Article

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