Bolstering the Public Health Workforce: Recruitment and Retention of Public Health Majors

IF 1.1 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
M. Runnerstrom, K. Denaro, Brian K. Sato
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Abstract

Undergraduate public health programs play a dual role in training the next generation of public health professionals while equipping nonmajors with basic public health knowledge. Our study aimed to understand if introductory public health courses were effective for recruitment and retention of majors. We used 5 years of institutional data to explore the public health course-taking and major enrollment patterns for students who enrolled in two introductory public health courses at a research-intensive, minority-serving institution. For students who enrolled in Principles of Public Health (PH1), 73% went on to take one or more additional public health courses. Trends show that most took Case Studies in Public Health Practice (PH2) after PH1 during their first 2 years in college, and the majority of nonmajors who took PH1 in their second year enrolled in PH2 within one quarter. Seventy-two percent of students who enrolled in both PH1 and PH2 graduated in public health regardless of their major at entry to the university, and 77% of public health graduates joined through a change of major. Importantly, 19% of all students took at least one public health course. Enrollment in both PH1 and PH2 may be important for major recruitment and retention, and efforts to encourage students to consider or stay in the public health major during these courses should be considered. Our analyses highlight that introductory public health courses provide critical opportunities for students to learn about public health and may serve as gateways to the major and possibly a public health career.
加强公共卫生人力:公共卫生专业的招聘和保留
本科公共卫生项目在培养下一代公共卫生专业人员方面发挥着双重作用,同时为非专业人员提供基本的公共卫生知识。我们的研究旨在了解公共卫生入门课程是否对专业的招聘和保留有效。我们使用5年的机构数据来探索在一所研究密集型少数族裔服务机构学习两门公共卫生入门课程的学生的公共卫生课程选择和主要招生模式。对于参加公共卫生原理(PH1)的学生,73%的学生继续学习一门或多门额外的公共卫生课程。趋势显示,大多数人在大学前两年的公共卫生实践案例研究(PH2)是在PH1之后进行的,而大多数在第二年进行PH1的非专业学生在四分之一内参加了PH2。在同时攻读PH1和PH2的学生中,72%的学生在大学入学时毕业于公共卫生专业,无论其专业如何,77%的公共卫生专业毕业生通过转学专业加入。重要的是,19%的学生至少选修了一门公共卫生课程。PH1和PH2的入学对专业招生和保留可能很重要,应该考虑鼓励学生在这些课程期间考虑或留在公共卫生专业。我们的分析强调,公共卫生入门课程为学生提供了了解公共卫生的重要机会,并可能成为进入专业和公共卫生职业的门户。
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