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Key Public Health Facts
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Only 20
percent of the nation's estimated 400,000 to 500,000 public
health professionals have the education and training needed
to do their jobs most effectively.
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Approximately
half of the 2 million deaths in the U.S. each year could be
prevented.
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Public
health professionals—in their roles as environmental monitors,
inspectors, consumer educators and health care providers—significantly
reduce the number of preventable deaths.
Grant Programs
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Public Health
Training Centers assess workforce learning needs
and provide tailored distance learning and related educational
programs. Current
Grantees
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Public Health Traineeship
grants are awarded to accredited schools of public health and
other public or nonprofit private institutions accredited to
provide graduate or specialized training in public health. Grant
recipients select individuals to receive traineeships public
health professions experiencing critical shortages, including
epidemiology, environmental health, biostatistics, toxicology,
nutrition, and maternal and child health. Students interested
in applying for a public health traineeship should contact the
grantee. Current
grantees
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Preventive Medicine Residency
grants are awarded to accredited, public or non-profit private,
schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, or public
health located in a State. Grantees plan and develop new residency
training programs; maintain or improve existing residency training
programs; and provide financial assistance to residency trainees
enrolled in the programs. Individuals interested in applying
for a preventive medicine residence should contact the grantee.
Current
grantees
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Health Administration
Traineeship and Special Project
grants are awarded to public or non-profit private educational
entities, including graduate schools of social work (excluding
accredited schools and programs of public health) that offer
programs in health administration, hospital administration or
health policy analysis and planning accredited by the Commission
on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education. Grantees
award traineeships to students. Students interested in applying
for a public health traineeship should contact the grantee.
Current
grantees
Links to
Public Health Professional Associations (not U.S. government
Web sites)
Links to
Public Health Education Associations (not U.S. government Web
sites)
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