Of the ten million uninsured children in 1996, nearly half were eligible for public health insurance (Medicaid) but not enrolled. In response, policy efforts to reduce the uninsured have shifted from expanding Medicaid eligibility to increasing take-up among those eligible. However, little is known about the reasons poor families fail to enroll or the consequences. Using a unique data set I fin...

The authors designed survey research to assess accredited master of public health (MPH) programs with health education concentrations. A Web-based survey was distributed to program directors and was used to collect characteristics of program faculty, students, graduates, internships, employment, and competency development. Results indicate that students and graduates are diverse; 72% of student...

The Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (EFELTP) is a comprehensive two-year competency-based training and service program designed to build sustainable public health expertise and capacity. Established in 2009, the program is a partnership between the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health, the Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, Addis Ababa University Sch...

148. Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices Reported by California Hospitals —Annual Hospital Survey Data Submitted via the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2014 Erin Epson, MD; Kyle Rizzo, MPH; Sam Horwich-Scholefield, MPH; Lynn Janssen, MS, CIC, CPHQ; Healthcare-Associated Infections Program, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California; California Epidemiologic Investigation ...

Established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), goal of CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars (CUPS) program is to expose students underrepresented in public health medicine careers health; ultimately, increasing membership these groups fields including biomedical sciences. implemented a retrospective outcome evaluation 1,047 who participated from 2012 2017. Seventy-four...

The goal of any public health education at the Masters level is to transmit knowledge and skills to meet current and future public health challenges. We suggest an innovative multi-modal approach to public health education using a case-based pedagogy combined with competency-based curriculum and a team-based approach to foster truly experiential learning. We describe each pedagogical approach i...