Health Education Research, Vol. 14, No. 5, 581-582,
October 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press
Editorial |
Graduate training in health education: integrating classroom and community
Associate Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Deputy Director, Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
The articles by Helitzer and Wallerstein (Helitzer and Wallerstein, 1999
), and Quinn (Quinn, 1999
) provide compelling and informative discussions of curricula to achieve a better integration of the `ivory tower' and the `real world'. Both examples are grounded in health education competencies and skills that have widespread support in the field (AAHE, 1998; Auld et al., 1998
). Any academic program seeking to enrich the practice component of its training program will find these articles extremely helpful. Specific competencies to be achieved and the methods to achieve them
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