A Mismatch Between the Educational Pipeline and Public Health Workforce: Can It Be Reconciled?

Affiliations

¹ Valerie Yeager is an Assistant Professor at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Global Health Management and Policy, New Orleans, Louisiana. Leslie Beitsch is Chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida. LaMar Hasbrouck is Executive Director of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, Washington, D.C.

Valerie A Yeager et al. Public Health Rep. 2016 May-Jun.

. 2016 May-Jun;131(3):507-9.

doi: 10.1177/003335491613100318.

¹ Valerie Yeager is an Assistant Professor at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Global Health Management and Policy, New Orleans, Louisiana. Leslie Beitsch is Chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida. LaMar Hasbrouck is Executive Director of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, Washington, D.C.

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