title: Keeping the "public" in schools of public health.
abstract: In this article, we compared the characteristics of public and private accredited public health training programs. We analyzed the distinct opportunities and challenges that publicly funded schools of public health face in preparing the nation's public health workforce. Using our experience in creating a new, collaborative public school of public health in the nation's largest urban public university system, we described efforts to use our public status and mission to develop new approaches to educating a workforce that meets the health needs of our region and contributes to the goal of reducing health inequalities. Finally, we considered policies that could protect and strengthen the distinct contributions that public schools of public health make to improving population health and reducing health inequalities.
authors.affiliation: All of the authors are with the City University of New York School of Public Health, New York, NY. Nicholas Freudenberg is also with Hunter College, City University of New York.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Freudenberg
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klitzman
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Diamond
authors.forename: Ayman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El-Mohandes
mesh_terms: D040381:Education, Public Health Professional / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005178:Faculty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005380:Financing, Government; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009518:New York; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011640:Public Policy; D012581:Schools, Public Health / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States