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 Council on Linkages Between Academia and
Public Health PracticeCOMING
TOGETHER: ACADEMIC/PRACTICE LINKAGES
2/4/99
Author: Ron Bialek
Email: rbialek@phf.org
Home Page: http://www.phf.org
Table of Contents
COMING TOGETHER:
ACADEMIC/PRACTICE LINKAGES
“It is important for
schools of public health to reinvent their practice mission and make it relevant to the
public health needs of the 1990’s and beyond. This renewed interest in practice may
change the public health system as we know it.”
PRACTICA
Practica provide the student
a capacity for “tolerating ambiguity, uncertainty and change within a research or
service organization”
Administrative Changes
Curriculum Changes
Are schools of public health
“isolated from public health practice?” Are they
“unresponsive” to training and education needs of public health professionals?
Revised Accreditation
Criteria
Schools of Public Health Have
Had Practice Activities in Nearly Every State in the Country and on All Continents of the
World
Where Do We Go From Here?
Research, Technical
Assistance and Service Activities
“ the familiar triad of
research, teaching and service is less applicable to public health than to most fields. A
more accurate model is a continuum of activities…”
Research and Technical
Assistance Projects
Barriers to Practice
Relationships
No Turning Back
Sources of Data
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