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Public Health Training Centers
Who: Public Health Training Centers were responsible for training 283,639 public health workers through the fiscal year 2004 and 93,278 in the most recent year. These totals represent public health workers from over 17 different public health disciplines. Of the public health workers trained, 54% were from Public health departments; 43% from other health and related settings; and 3% from Community-based public health organizations. What:
Public Health Training
Centers are partnerships between accredited schools of public health and
related academic institutions and public health agencies and organizations. Why:
Established under
P.L. 105-392, the Health Professions Education Partnerships Act of 1998,
the Public Health Training Center Program improves the Nation’s
public health system by strengthening the technical, scientific, managerial
and leadership skills and abilities of current and future public health
professionals. How: Public Health Training Centers assess the learning needs of the public health workforce and provide training to meet them. While core funding for Public Health Training Centers comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the HRSA Bureau of Health Professions, their resources and networks can be used by any source interested in improving the knowledge base of the public health workforce through training and education. State and Federal agencies can use the resources of the Public Health Training Centers to provide foundational public health training to the public health workforce. Where: The Public Health Training Center Program intends to reach every state in the U.S.; currently, 45 states and the District of Columbia are covered. Pennsylvania
& Ohio Public Health Training Center Michigan
Public Health Training Center Mid-America
Public Health Training Center Mid-Atlantic
Public Health Training Center Midwest Center for Life-Long Learning in Public Health (not a U.S. Government Web site) at University of Minnesota, serving Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. New England Public Health Workforce Development Alliance (not a U.S. Government Web site) at Boston University School of Public Health, serving Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont. New York & New Jersey Public Health Training Center (not a U.S. Government Web site) at Columbia University, serving New Jersey and New York. Northwest Center for Public Health Practice (not a U.S. Government Web site) at University of Washington-Seattle School of Public Health and Community Medicine, serving Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Pacific Public Health Training Center (not a U.S. Government Web site) at University of California-Los Angeles School of Public Health, serving California, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah. Heartland Public Health Education and Training Center (not a U.S. Government Web site) at St. Louis University, serving Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. South Central Public Health Training Center (not a U.S. Government Web site) at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, serving Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi. Southeast Public Health Training Center (not a U.S. Government Web site) at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Public Health, serving Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia. Texas Public Health Training Center (not a U.S. Government Web site) at University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, serving Texas. Upper Midwest Public Health Training Center (not a U.S. Government Web site) at University of Iowa, serving Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota. National Practice Partners Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Academic Centers for Public Health Preparedness American
Public Health Association Association
of Schools of Public Health Association
of State and Territorial Health Officers National
Association of County and City Health Officials National
Association of Local Boards of Health Partners
in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce More information on the Public Health Training Center program: John Kress, 301-443-6864
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