Fall/Winter 2003
Volume 20, Number 2
Workforce Development in Challenging Times
Idaho's Public Health Workforce: Changes and Challenges Since 9/11
James Girvan, Cheryl Juntunen, and Linda Powell
The authors surveyed Idaho's district health directors about the workforce challenges they face.
Finding
a Passion for Public Health
Kim Moore
An MPH candidate shares her journey into a career in public health.
Expanding Training and Distance Learning in the Northwest
Margaret Shield
Three developments are driving the development of workforce training
at the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
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Questions to
Consider About Distance Learning
Beyond
Workforce Training: What Factors Lead to Integrating
Competencies into Practice?
Constance Diaz Swearingen and Norma Neahr Wilkerson
The authors report on the results of a study of the capacity of Wyoming
nurses to integrate population-based health into their practice.
Partnering with Health
Career Programs
Vickie Ybarra
A look at some ways to get more diverse young people interested in
public health professions.
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Health Careers
Opportunity Programs for Teenagers
Other Health
Career Programs for Teenagers
Public
Health Ready Prepares Agencies for Emergency Responses
Michael R. Fraser and Sherri McDonald
A Washington State county health department discusses its participation
as a pilot site in the national Public Health Ready project.
Necessity
Demands Creativity
Melanie Reynolds, Lawrence D. Weiss, Valerie Katagiri,
and Greg Oxman
Montana's summer training institute; the University of Alaska Anchorage's
new, distance-delivered MPH program; and Oregon's Public Health Academy.
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Mentoring
Public Health Nurses in Oregon
Viewpoint.
Technology Is a Prime Component of Montana Public Health Training
Senator Conrad Burns
Montana's senator discusses the opportunity to support workforce
development through the use of distance-learning technologies.
TOPOFF Exercise
Offers Lessons for Preparedness
Susan May
In May 2003, state, local, and federal agencies spent five days
practicing responses to a large-scale emergency. Here's what they learned.
Northwest
Region at a Glance
Selected demographics and a discussion of the variety of
ways to define rural populations.
SPHCM Spotlight on Research
