Training the Public Health Workforce in Health Equity: Learning from Europe
Year: 2021 | Competency/Strategic Skill: Cultural Competence, Diversity and Inclusion | Priority Topic: N/A | Setting: Online | Format: On-demand | Sponsor: East Tennesee State University
Overview:
This is a self-paced online module.
The United States and European countries are often compared as the highest-ranking regions in socio-economic conditions, political structures, healthcare systems, and economic resilience. Both are high resource regions that are world renown for medical innovation. However, the U.S. consistently ranks low in health equity compared to other high resource countries, many of which are in Europe. This training discusses best practices that public health workers could adopt stateside from European public health initiatives.