en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/295771 Comments by Mark J. Kittleson http://hedir.hpcareernetwork.com/?p=400#IDComment20811301 So are you saying that public health is a term only to be used when referring to an official federal or public agency? I disagree. The term public, like community, is a broad-based term...certainly public agencies (i.e., Health Departments) fall into that arena but so do private agencies (Cancer Society, Red Cross), hospitals, and yes, I even believe that schools are part of the public health overview. As stated in earlier blogs I believe the terms were separated because health education programs outside Schools of Public Health wanted to tread softly with their programs, so they used the term community health instead of public health. Look at the academic training of somebody in community health education and public health education...I don't see the difference. They're trained in the 7 areas and work in similar environments. I'm just proposing that the term community health is limiting and instead we should be using the term public (perhaps it's just a marketing thing but we all know how important making the public know we do). Tue, 5 May 2009 16:41:31 +0000 http://hedir.hpcareernetwork.com/?p=400#IDComment20811301 http://hedir.hpcareernetwork.com/?p=387#IDComment19135079 To answer your question I think YES...there are academic units in colleges where the 'big cheese' title is Head (not chair). The question is why...just semantics or is there a real difference? Somebody told me the Head had different responsibilities--they were more under the wing of the Dean whereas the Chair is more a faculty representative. Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:43:00 +0000 http://hedir.hpcareernetwork.com/?p=387#IDComment19135079 http://hedir.hpcareernetwork.com/?p=387#IDComment19132487 Hi Billie...you're right...what is the difference between director and coordinator. In your case I think it's more clear. Your academic boss is the 'chair'...you're the coordinator of the CH program. You are probably involved with mostly programmatic issues, whereas the chair is involved with personnel issues as well. Ultimately the Department 'Chair' is the 'administrator'. I'm just curious as to why some are called Chairs and other are called Heads. Confusing isn't it.... Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:25:49 +0000 http://hedir.hpcareernetwork.com/?p=387#IDComment19132487 http://hedir.hpcareernetwork.com/?p=374#IDComment18258494 Thanks Bill. Mon, 6 Apr 2009 20:14:28 +0000 http://hedir.hpcareernetwork.com/?p=374#IDComment18258494 http://hedir.hpcareernetwork.com/?p=241#IDComment14560604 Ah...so you think the policy that we stole from IU may have been stolen from another place! So, does this count as theft? Similar to this question...if you stole bread from somebody who originally stole it, is it theft or karma? Sun, 1 Feb 2009 18:38:12 +0000 http://hedir.hpcareernetwork.com/?p=241#IDComment14560604