The interest in competencies, standards, and quality assurance in the professional
preparation of public health professionals whose work involves health promotion and health …

This article was prepared to inform the deliberations of the Galway Consensus Conference
by providing a common and global reference point for the discussion of terminology and key …

The health education profession in the United States employs parallel, and overlapping,
systems of voluntary credentialing to ensure quality in professional preparation. The US …

This paper reports the outcome of the Galway Consensus Conference, an effort undertaken
as a first step toward international collaboration on credentialing in health promotion and …

This article provides an update on initiatives in individual certification and accreditation of
academic programs in public/community health education and school health education in …

The health education profession has a lengthy history of efforts to assure the quality of
health education professional preparation and practice. These initiatives to improve the …

This article defines standards, discusses the components of standards development, and
provides an overview of the use of standards in the credentialing processes of health …

This article summarizes research and issues related to health education certification. Health
education's experience with certification provides valuable insight for other public health …

Moreover, with the recent economic downturn across the global economy and its
recessionary impact on government funding for public health policy, infrastructure, and …

Meeting 4, February 2002• Discussed the final results from the surveys• Decided on some
additional analyses• Reached a consensus on a single accreditation system for both under …