20 Years of Public Health Economics and Decision Sciences at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: The CDC Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness Fellowship, 1995-2015

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• Alternative Title:
  J Public Health Manag Pract
• Personal Author:
  Skelton, Adam G. ; Meltzer, Martin I.
• Description:
  The CDC Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness Fellowship was started in 1995 to provide postdoctoral training in public health economics. This article describes the origins and state of the fellowship and the practice of prevention effectiveness research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The fellowship can be seen as one successful example of a demand-driven public health innovation to develop crucial capacity for the contemporary health system. Nearly 150 individuals have been trained through the program since its inception.
• Keywords:
  CDC Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, U.S. Decision Sciences Decision Support Techniques Economics Education, Graduate Fellowship Fellowships And Scholarships Financing, Government Humans Prevention Effectiveness Public Health United States Workforce

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• Source:
  J Public Health Manag Pract. 23(4):e14-e21
• Pubmed ID:
  27798531
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7028312
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:07753d14e6bf086b8b74bf6145ddb14b25f67bd323d055846f5de4e5f97ab9ab
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/85177/cdc_85177_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 363.70 KB ]