Strengthening Quality Assurance in Health Education: Recent Milestones and Future Directions

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-200

  Taub, Alyson ^a   Birch, David A ^b   Auld, M Elaine ^c   Lysoby, Linda ^d   Rasar King, Laura ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Society for Public Health Education   (United States)

^d National Commission for Health Education Credentialing Inc   (United States)

^e Council on Education for Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

accreditation; credentialing; health education; quality assurance; workforce development

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY;

CREDENTIALING; EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL; FACULTY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS;

EID: 67649789988     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839908329854     Document Type: Article

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