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The
nation’s estimated 450,000 public health professionals – our
front-line workers in fighting disease and promoting health
-- touch the lives of
Americans every day by monitoring and reporting disease outbreaks,
checking the purity of our air and drinking water, inspecting
restaurants and nursing homes, educating consumers on healthy
habits and, in some cases, providing primary health care services.
HHS’
Health Resources and Services Administration today announced
a significant expansion of resources to improve the public
health workforce, awarding six grants totaling $1.5 million
to establish training centers that will offer professionals
and students information on the latest public health techniques
and practices.
The
$250,000, five-year grants will fund new Public Health Training
Centers at these schools of public health: University of Iowa,
Iowa City; University of Illinois, Chicago; Columbia University,
New York City; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; St. Louis
University, St. Louis, Mo.; and Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore.
HHS
launched the PHTC program last year, funding centers at Tulane
University; Boston University; the University of Washington;
the University of North Carolina; the University of Michigan;
the University of Pittsburgh; the University of Texas, Houston,
Health Science Center; and the University of California, Los
Angeles.
The 14 new and continuing centers have established
partnerships with 35 schools of public health and more than
125 other organizations to extend the centers’ reach to citizens
in 42 states. When
fully operational, the centers expect to provide training opportunities
to as many as 130,000 health professionals and students.
Trainees serve medically underserved people living in
areas removed from the main campus of the grantees.
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