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dc.contributor.authorBennett, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorLilley, Kathleen
dc.contributor.authorYeatman, Heather
dc.contributor.authorParker, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorGeelhoed, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorHanna, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorRobinson, Priscilla
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-30T12:30:31Z
dc.date.available2017-10-30T12:30:31Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-01-24T05:19:45Z
dc.identifier.issn17438462
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1743-8462-7-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/35441
dc.description.abstractPublic health educational pathways in Australia have traditionally been the province of Universities, with the Master of Public Health (MPH) recognised as the flagship professional entry program. Public health education also occurs within the fellowship training of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine, but within Australia this remains confined to medical graduates. In recent years, however, we have seen a proliferation of undergraduate degrees as well as an increasing public health presence in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector. Following the 2007 Australian Federal election, the new Labour government brought with it a refreshing commitment to a more inclusive and strategic style of government. An important example of this was the 2020 visioning process that identified key issues of public health concern, including an acknowledgment that it was unacceptable to allocate less than 2% of the health budget towards disease prevention. This led to the recommendation for the establishment of a national preventive health agency (Australia: the healthiest country by 2020 National Preventative Health Strategy, Prepared by the Preventative Health Taskforce 2009). The focus on disease prevention places a spotlight on the workforce that will be required to deliver the new investment in health prevention, and also on the role of public health education in developing and upskilling the workforce. It is therefore timely to reflect on trends, challenges and opportunities from a tertiary sector perspective. Is it more desirable to focus education efforts on selected lead issues such as the "obesity epidemic", climate change, Indigenous health and so on, or on the underlying theory and skills that build a flexible workforce capable of responding to a range of health challenges? Or should we aspire to both? This paper presents some of the key discussion points from 2008 - 2009 of the Public Health Educational Pathways workshops and working group of the Australian Network of Public Health Institutions. We highlight some of the competing tensions in public health tertiary education, their impact on public health training programs, and the educational pathways that are needed to grow, shape and prepare the public health workforce for future challenges.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBioMed Central
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto9
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralia & New Zealand Health Policy
dc.relation.ispartofvolume7
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPrimary health care
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420319
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.titlePaving pathways: Shaping the public health workforce through tertiary education
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
gro.rights.copyright© 2010 Bennett, et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
gro.date.issued2010
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gro.griffith.authorLilley, Kathleen


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