Toward international collaboration on credentialing in health promotion and health education: The Galway consensus conference

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 427-438

  Allegrante, John P ^a,f   Barry, Margaret M ^b   Auld, M Elaine ^c   Lamarre, Marie Claude ^d   Taub, Alyson ^e  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c Society for Public Health Education   (United States)

^d International Union for Health Promotion and Education   (France)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARD;

CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; CONSENSUS; CREDENTIALING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 67649749228     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198109333803     Document Type: Article

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