Faculty perspectives of health promotion in allied health curricula: results of a national survey.
More knowledge and skills related to health promotion/disease prevention are being required of health professionals. Allied health graduates entering the workforce will need academic preparation in these areas. This study assessed faculty perspectives on the status of health promotion content in allied health programs by a survey of 524 program directors. A questionnaire gathered information about perception of importance, level of representation, and method of delivery of health promotion content. Response rate was 41%. The majority of participants thought this content area was important for their programs and was highly or moderately represented in their curricula. Level of representation was significantly associated with requirement for accreditation. Programs in the Northeast were more likely to think health promotion was important and those in the West were more likely to have it integrated into their curricula. The most common delivery modality was guest lecture. Allied health is adopting health promotion curricular content, but further study is needed to assess programs and faculty expertise and identify strategies to ensure greater consistency of delivering material.
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Center for Health Care Research, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA. wilsond@MUSC.edu
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D016390:Allied Health Occupations / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D003625:Data Collection; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011315:Preventive Medicine; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States