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IOM reports provide objective and straightforward advice to decision makers and the public. This site includes IOM reports published after 1998. All reports from the IOM and the National Academies, including those published before 1998, are available from the National Academies Press.

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  Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? Workshop Summary Released: August 4, 2003

  On May 22, 2003 in Washington, DC the Institute of Medicine held a workshop to explore the recently released report, Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century. Representatives of the public health practice and academic communities joined to review the report and to discuss how to proceed to implement the recommendations of this report. This summary is a report of that meeting. It includes suggestions from the six workgroups for next steps necessary to move forward in implementing the recommendations.
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  Who Will Keep the Public Healthy: Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century Released: January 7, 2003

  U.S. public health workers need additional training to meet new challenges posed by globalization, medical advances and an aging and increasingly diverse population, says a new report, titled Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century.