Florida Public Health Association 2009 Survey of Academic Public Health Programs in Florida

Authors

Leslie Sue Lieberman
Nancy Rudner Lugo
Mary Peoples-Sheps
Melissa J. Vilaro
Claude Earl Fox

Publication Date

September 2011

Abstract

Preparing the public health workforce is essential to the protection ofthe health and wellbeing ofthe state and the nation. Yet, a workforce shortage is looming. It is anticipated that by 2020, the nation will be facing a shortfall ofmore than a quarter of a million public health workers. To address this impeding shortage, the Association ofSchools ofPublic Health (ASPH) has stressed the need to build public health education capacity, with emphasis on competencies and curriculum in emerging diseases, with joint degrees, and with diverse approaches to education, including certificates and distance learning. To assess Florida’s available public health professional preparation programs in meeting workforce needs, the Academic Committee ofthe Florida Public Health Association (FPHA) undertook a survey of the nine public and private universities offering the MPH degree in the state.

Recommended Citation

Lieberman, Leslie Sue; Lugo, Nancy Rudner; Peoples-Sheps, Mary; Vilaro, Melissa J.; and Fox, Claude Earl (2011) "Florida Public Health Association 2009 Survey of Academic Public Health Programs in Florida," Florida Public Health Review: Vol. 8, Article 14.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/fphr/vol8/iss1/14