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WHAT IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM?
In
1997, CDC established the Public Health Prevention Service (PHPS)
-- a
three-year program of comprehensive service and training designed for
graduates of masters degree programs who have 1-2 years of public health
experience in operations and programs. The program consists of two
rotations at CDC followed by a two-year assignment at a state or local
health department. Experiences include: program development, management,
translating science into practice, and direct, hands-on work with
communities
The need for specially
trained public health workers will only increase in the years to come.
Since the PHPS Program’s beginning, there have been only
seven Hispanic
Prevention Specialists. CDC plans to increase future PHPS classes to
accommodate more Prevention Specialists per class with new Prevention
Specialists more representative of the population. This will be
accomplished by increased marketing efforts in minority areas, including
work with the Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools, Inc. |
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