title: CEPH accreditation of stand-alone baccalaureate programs: a preliminary mapping exercise.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to provide a brief background of quality assurance efforts in health education, provide a brief overview of the new Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accreditation process for stand-alone baccalaureate public health programs that prepare health education specialists, and describe the experience of two academic programs in reviewing their curricula for coverage of the newly approved CEPH requirements. The University of Alabama and the University of North Carolina Wilmington undertook a curriculum mapping exercise identifying which courses in their programs Introduced, Reinforced, and/or Covered each of the Critical Components Elements identified by CEPH. The mapping process is described, and recommendations for other programs considering accreditation under the newly adopted CEPH standards are provided.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, USA figueroaj@uncw.edu.
authors.forename: Jorge L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Figueroa
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Birch
authors.affiliation: Council for Education in Public Health, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rasar King
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Randall R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Cottrell
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D003479:Curriculum; D040381:Education, Public Health Professional / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States
keywords: accreditation; quality assurance/quality improvement; training; workforce development