Ready to Go
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This item will be shipped beginning August 18, 2008.
Ready to Go: The History and Contributions of U.S. Public Health Advisors tells the story of the Public Health Advisors (PHAs) from 1948 to the present. It is written for several audiences: PHAs and their close colleagues, past and current employees of CDC, public health employees in state and local governments and ministries of health, students of public health, and for those who hope to make a contribution through public service and might consider such an unusual and rewarding career in public health.
Since their beginnings PHAs have decidedly contributed to the public health infrastructures of local and state health departments, and they have served the hierarchy of CDC with distinction. PHAs have been detailed throughout the world to eradicate smallpox, measles, and polio and to address a host of other diseases and conditions, and they are among the first responders in times of public health crisis or humanitarian disaster. Though PHAs took various career paths, each Public Health Advisor was traditionally equipped with an accrual of field and operational experiences, making them invaluable to CDC.
The story begins and ends with an experiment. It is told for the benefit of history on behalf of the women and men who call themselves Public Health Advisors. PHAs are not the type to write their histories or “toot their own horns,” though some are master storytellers. Some such stories grace these pages while others are best told in private company, but all should eventually be told because they shed light on this unique and inimitable public health worker.
This item will be shipped beginning August 18, 2008.
Ready to Go: The History and Contributions of U.S. Public Health Advisors tells the story of the Public Health Advisors (PHAs) from 1948 to the present. It is written for several audiences: PHAs and their close colleagues, past and current employees of CDC, public health employees in state and local governments and ministries of health, students of public health, and for those who hope to make a contribution through public service and might consider such an unusual and rewarding career in public health.
Since their beginnings PHAs have decidedly contributed to the public health infrastructures of local and state health departments, and they have served the hierarchy of CDC with distinction. PHAs have been detailed throughout the world to eradicate smallpox, measles, and polio and to address a host of other diseases and conditions, and they are among the first responders in times of public health crisis or humanitarian disaster. Though PHAs took various career paths, each Public Health Advisor was traditionally equipped with an accrual of field and operational experiences, making them invaluable to CDC.
The story begins and ends with an experiment. It is told for the benefit of history on behalf of the women and men who call themselves Public Health Advisors. PHAs are not the type to write their histories or “toot their own horns,” though some are master storytellers. Some such stories grace these pages while others are best told in private company, but all should eventually be told because they shed light on this unique and inimitable public health worker.
