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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD.................................................................................. 2

INDEX OF TABLES, SIDEBARS AND GRAPHS .................................................................................... 6

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................... 7

.BACKGROUND ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE COORDINATOR

REPORTS ................................................................................. ll

A NOTE ON METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................... I2

PRACTICA .................................................................................. I6

ESTABLISHING MEANINGFUL PRACTICE EXPERIENCES .......................................................... 20

STUDENT EXPECTATIONS ..................................................................................... 22

BARRIERS TO SUCCESSFUL PRACTICA .......................................................................................... 23

OUTCOMES ................................................................................. 24

ADMINISTRATION .................................................................................... 26

OFFICES OF PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE ........................................................................................ 27

POLICIES AFFECTING FACULTY ...................................................................................... 28

CURRICULUM ..................................................................................... 31

INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING AND INTERDEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH CENTERS ...... 34

CONTINUING EDUCATION AND AGENCY TRAINING ................................................................. 35

RESEARCH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES ..................................... 39

CLINICAL ACTIVITIES AND THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH .......................................... 43

BARRIERS AND STRENGTHS ..................................................................................... .45

SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE NEXT CENTURY .......................................................... .47

PRACTICE 'BIOGRAPHIES' OF SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC HEALTH .............................................. .48

REFERENCES AND BACKGROUND MATERIALS .. ,. ....................................................................... 59

LIST OF PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE COORDINATORS ............................................................. 63