Category Archives: Public health education

Celebrate National Public Health Week with Jones & Bartlett Learning

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Rebecca Rockel

Every year since 1995, communities across the United States have observed the first week of April as National Public Health Week (NPHW) – a time to recognize the contributions of public health and highlight issues that are important to improving … Continue reading →

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New Edition of Best-Selling Health Policy Textbook Examines Health Care Reform & More

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Rebecca Rockel

Below is the preface for the highly anticipated Second Edition of Essentials of Health Policy and Law, by Joel B. Teitelbaum, JD, LLM and Sara E. Wilensky, JD, PhD from School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University. … Continue reading →

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Announcing the First Annual Riegelman Award

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Rebecca Rockel

The 2012 Call for Nominations and nomination materials are now available for the First Annual Riegelman Award for Undergraduate Public Health Education. This award was made possible by a generous grant from Dr. Richard Riegelman, founding dean of the George … Continue reading →

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The Jones & Bartlett Learning Spring Podcast Series

Posted on March 31, 2011 by admin

This spring, Jones & Bartlett Learning is pleased to bring you Podcasts of interviews with the authors of our newest titles in Public Health and Health Administration: Dr. Michael Merson is the lead editor of Global Health: Diseases, Programs, Systems, and Policies (formerly … Continue reading →

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Teaching As A Contact Sport

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Rebecca Rockel

After nearly two decades in higher education as a faculty member and based on my experiences and research, here is what I believe to be the ingredients for good learning experiences and great teaching. First and foremost, teaching/learning is not … Continue reading →

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Raising The Bar

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Rebecca Rockel

At the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) Annual Meeting in June 2010 in Portland, Oregon, as I chatted with undergraduate Program Directors (PDs), I detected a disturbing trend in admissions to our Health Care Management (HMCN) programs. … Continue reading →

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Caring For The Caregiver

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Rebecca Rockel

Our generation is now being referred to as the “sandwich generation,” i.e., we are the bologna and cheese between two thick slabs of children and parents in the great hoagie of life. Good child care, while not always easy to … Continue reading →

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Are Health Care Professionals Prepared For Disasters?

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Rebecca Rockel

On September 11, 2001, my husband was attending a week-long course in New York City. As I stood in my kitchen in Baltimore, Maryland, drinking a cup of coffee and watching Good Morning America, I heard Diane Sawyer say, “We … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Resolution

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Rebecca Rockel

One of the annual rituals that many of us go through at the holidays is a personal inventory of what we want to do in the coming year. The list can be endless: lose weight, exercise more, save money, get … Continue reading →

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Infectious Leadership

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Rebecca Rockel

Not too long ago I visited a local community hospital. The hallways were lined with photographs of award-winning employees. Beneath each photo was the story of why he or she received the award.  One was a nurse who stopped by … Continue reading →

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