Structure and culture of schools of public health to support academic public health practice.
Schools of public health have been cautioned about producing graduates and research that were disconnected from public interest. Although institutions may implement a variety of strategies to rectify the situation, institutional structural and cultural barriers impede progress. Public health practice coordinators in accredited schools of public health were surveyed to describe the presence of structural and cultural barriers to academic public health practice using the Stevens model. Administrative leadership and faculty reward systems are described as critical to advance academic public health practice.
Dodds
Janice M
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Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7461, USA.
Calleson
Diane C
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Eng
Eugenia
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Margolis
Lewis
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Moore
Karen
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D004500:Education, Graduate; D005178:Faculty; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education*; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D012581:Schools, Public Health / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce