Preparing public health subprofessionals recruited from the poverty group--lessons from an OEO work-study program.

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A 27 month work-study project funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity is described in which high school graduates from the poverty class spend 20 hours a week at a community college studying courses in the sciences and liberal arts applicable to public health and social services and 20 hours a week in apprenticeship training to public health nurses, sanitarians, and a public health educator. The project demonstrated the potential usefulness of public health subprofessionals for providing general health services traditionally the exclusive function of separate professionals; the feasibility of recruiting trainees from the poverty class; and the necessity for special educational approaches and individualized attention to the needs for pupils to insure the success of the program.

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