Open AccessNuclear education in public health and nursing.
Author(s) -
Alvin E. Winder,
Mary Anne Stanitis
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.78.8.967
Subject(s) - nuclear warfare , public health , curriculum , public health nursing , nursing , medicine , action (physics) , health education , nurse education , politics , nuclear weapon , environmental health , political science , physics , quantum mechanics , law
Twenty-three public health schools and 492 university schools of nursing were surveyed to gather specific information on educational programs related to nuclear war. Twenty public health schools and 240 nursing schools responded. Nuclear war-related content was most likely to appear in disaster nursing and in environmental health courses. Three schools of public health report that they currently offer elective courses on nuclear war. Innovative curricula included political action projects for nuclear war prevention.