Beginnings and Endings: A Retiree’s Reflections on the CDC’s Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Program

The challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the public health crisis of racism underscore how important it is for our nation to attract, develop, and retain a diverse public health workforce that can work in communities as well as local, state, and national levels. 3 This article is part of a I Pedagogy in Health Promotion: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning i supplement, "Preparing the Future Public Health Workforce: Contributions of the CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Program", which was supported by a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health and Health Equity to the Society for Public Health Education, entitled "Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation's Health" (Contract Number 5 NU38OT000315-03-00). Keywords: public health;workforce development;public health pedagogy EN public health workforce development public health pedagogy 13S 14S 1 12/09/21 20211202 NES 211202 Hindsight may or may not be 2020, but beginnings look different from the end of a public health career. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Pedagogy in Health Promotion is the property of Sage Publications Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)