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1、American Association for Health EducationJanuary 15-16, 2000Dulles Hyatt HotelDulles, VAFUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE OF PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION IN HEALTH EDUCATIONSOPHE/AAHE Task Force for Meeting PlanningAAHE RepresentativesDavid Birch, PhD, CHESIndiana UniversityDee Wengert, PhD, CHEST

2、owson UniversityBecky Smith, PhD, CHES, CAEAAHE Executive DirectorSOPHE RepresentativesWilliam C. Livingood, Jr, PhD, CHESEast Stroudsburg UniversityElaine M. Vitello, PhD, CHESSouthern Illinois UniversityElaine Auld, MPH, CHESSOPHE Executive DirectorJoint AppointmentMary Hawkins, MSPH, CHESNorth Ca

3、rolina Central UniversityChair, SABPACFuture Directions for Quality Assurance of Professional Preparation in Health EducationTABLE OF CONTENTSI. Executive Summary.Page 4II. Introduction.Page 5A. Organization of the Joint Invitational Meeting.Page 6B. Meeting Objectives.Page 6C. Key Meeting Questions

4、.Page 7III. Successes and Challenges to Quality Assurance in Professional Preparation in Health Education.Page 9IV. Alternative Approaches to Quality Assurance in Professional PreparationPage 12V. Recommendations for Improving Quality Assurance in Professional PreparationPage 17VI. Conclusions.Page

5、19Appendices Appendix A: A Brief Overview of the Chronology of Events of Quality Assurance Efforts for Professional Preparation in Health Education Appendix B: List of Meeting Participants Appendix C: Meeting AgendaI. EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe profession of health education has made significant progress

6、over the last several decades in establishing systems to help assure the quality of its professional preparation and practice. Credentialing systems have been established at the individual level, and program accreditation and review mechanisms are available for baccalaureate and some graduate profes

7、sional preparation programs in health education. Yet as recent evidence indicates, existing quality assurance systems in health education lack coordination, are underutilized, and are undervalued by some both within and outside of the profession. It also has been questioned whether existing accredit

8、ation approaches are appropriate for all types of graduate professional preparation programs in health education. Nonetheless, environmental indicators suggest that health education must strengthen its current quality assurance systems to ensure a viable, competitive future. To begin exploring this

9、challenge, the American Association for Health Education （AAHE） and the Society for Public Health Education （SOPHE） co-sponsored an invitational meeting on January 15-16, 2000 in Dulles, Virginia. Participants included 24 professionals who were broadly representative of health education professional

10、 preparation programs or related stakeholders. The objectives of the one and one-half day meeting were to: 1） review current mechanisms of quality assurance in professional preparation of undergraduate and graduate health education programs; 2） analyze and discuss current environmental trends in hea

11、lth care, higher education, health education, and other areas that may impact future quality assurance efforts in professional preparation; 3） examine accreditation mechanisms employed by other professions outside health education, including the benefits and challenges of each approach; and 4） consi

12、der future program accreditation options to promote the quality of health education professional preparation. Meeting participants brainstormed recommendations for SOPHE and AAHE to consider in strengthening quality assurance for health education. Consensus was reached that a coordinated accreditati

13、on system is needed at the undergraduate and graduate levels that builds on the strengths of current quality assurance systems. This goal should be reached by the establishment of a SOPHE/AAHE task force that is charged to: 1） gather background information and refine plans for a comprehensive, coord

14、inated quality assurance system that meets commonly accepted standards of accreditation; 2） develop processes for ensuring profession-wide involvement in the discussion and design of such a system to foster its adoption and utilization. II. INTRODUCTIONDuring the last 30 years, the health education

15、profession has made significant strides in establishing credentialing systems to help assure the quality of its training programs and individual practitioners （see Appendix A）. In the 1970s, the Council on Education for Public Health （CEPH） began to accredit graduate professional education in public

16、 health, including the core discipline of public health education. Later that decade, CEPH also began accrediting community health/preventive medicine programs and community health education programs outside of schools of public health. In the mid-1980s, the Society for Public Health Education （SOPH

17、E） and the American Association for Health Education （AAHE） formed the SOPHE/AAHE Baccalaureate Program Approval Committee （SABPAC） to provide a mechanism of quality assurance review for undergraduate programs in community health education. In 1992, AAHE was asked by the National Council of Accredit

18、ation of Teacher Education （NCATE） to conduct portfolio reviews for professional preparation programs in school health education. In the late 1980s, the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing began certifying individual health education specialists based on profession-wide competenci

19、es for entry-level health educators.AAHE and SOPHE are proud to have participated in the establishment of these initiatives to strengthen the health education profession. Both organizations are committed to quality assurance as part of their organizational missions and their current strategic plans.

20、 Thus, the presidents and executive directors of AAHE and SOPHE met in Fall 1998 to discuss various environmental trends affecting future quality assurance efforts by the profession, including the recommendations in two reports: “Health Education in the 21st Century: Setting the Stage” - This docume

21、nt summarizes a 1995 invitational meeting sponsored by the National Coalition of Health Education Organizations and the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing to identify actions internal and external to the profession that are needed to move the profession forward into the new mille

22、nium. A White Paper” - This report, prepared for the Health Resources and Services Administration in 1998, examined graduate-level health education training needs in the new millennium.Both of these documents identified the need for a more comprehensive, systematic approach in health education to as

23、suring the quality of training provided at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Subsequently, AAHE and SOPHE agreed to fund a joint meeting to fully explore the issues related to quality assurance in professional preparation. A. Organization of the Joint Invitational Meeting In early Summer 1999,

24、SOPHE and AAHE presidents appointed a task force to organize an invitational meeting to explore future directions for quality assurance in professional preparation in health education. The task force was comprised of three representatives from each organization and the chair of SABPAC. The group met

25、 for six months via conference calls to plan the invitational meeting agenda, recommend and develop background reading materials, identify meeting speakers, and develop the list of meeting participants. They invited 24 professionals representing a broad range of professional preparation programs, va

26、rying in terms of: Size of student enrollment in program - small, medium, large programs, Health education degrees granted - baccalaureate, masters, doctorate, Current accreditation status - SABPAC, CEPH, NCATE （both programs accredited and not accredited）, Institutional status - public vs. private,

27、 Research vs. practice-oriented institution, Institutional hierarchy of program - aligned with allied health vs. school of education, and Geographic location.In addition, representatives from non-academic institutions who could inform the discussions were invited: AAHE/NCATE, CEPH, the National Comm

28、ission for Health Education Credentialing, and HRSAs Bureau of Health Professions. To help prepare for the meeting, a background kit of information was prepared and disseminated to all participants providing relevant information on current accrediting mechanisms as well as other relevant reports, ar

29、ticles and web-based information. B. Meeting ObjectivesTwenty-five participants attended the meeting on January 15-16, 2000, at the Hyatt Dulles Regency, Dulles, Virginia, which was facilitated by Dr. Loren Bensley, professor emeritus at Central Michigan University （see Appendix B, Meeting Participa

30、nts）. The objectives of the one and one-half day meeting were to: To review current mechanisms of quality assurance in professional preparation of undergraduate and graduate health education programs, including their mission, organization/structure, criteria, and the number of programs seeking accreditation/approval in recent years; To analyze and discuss current environmental trends in health care, higher education, health education, and other areas that may impact future quality assurance efforts in professional preparation;