The lack of a non-communicable disease curriculum threatens the relevance of global public health education

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages e1-e4

  Greenberg, Henry ^a,b   Leeder, Stephen R ^a,c   Shiau, Stephanie ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b University of Sydney ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Education; Employment and skills; Public health

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL; STANDARDS;

CURRICULUM; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOLS, PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84979246903     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdv105     Document Type: Article

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