@article{ref1,
title="Recruiting epidemiologists: a developmental perspective on expanding epidemiology exposure for adolescents",
journal="Preventive medicine",
year="2019",
author="D'Agostino, Emily M.",
volume="121",
number="",
pages="105-108",
abstract="Adolescents are at a unique developmental stage that is well-primed for epidemiology instruction. Although a handful of pioneers have focused on expanding epidemiology instruction to teen audiences, there are still no systematic efforts in the United States to attain this goal. In this paper I posit that epidemiologists and other public health professionals are critical to this effort. Epidemiologists from public health agencies, academia and non-profit organizations can engage in partnerships with schools, such as by offering internships and pairing graduate students/mentees with teachers and adolescent learners. Through these efforts, we can leverage teens' natural interests in risk taking, health and wellness, and community change to learn population-level thinking. I posit that these measures can enhance the future of public health disciplines, and also encourage widespread understanding of epidemiologic findings by the population at large.<br><br>Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-7435",
doi="10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.02.014",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.02.014"
}