Table 2.

Classification of the public and population health-related fields of study by CARTA fellows (2011–2018).

Classification	Details of the fields of study by CARTA fellows	Number of fellows per discipline
(i)Public health	Public health; health systems and policy; community health; health promotion; adolescent health; epidemiology and public health	46
(ii)Medical service and paramedical sciences	Human nutrition; exercise science; kinesiology and physiotherapy; medical physiology; immunity and infections; medical bacteriology; biomedical laboratory; pharmacy; pharmacognosy; dentistry; molecular genetics; audiology; ophthalmology; neuroscience; microbiology; occupational therapy	29
(iii)Epidemiology and biostatistics	Mathematics and statistics; epidemiology and biostatistics; disease epidemiology	24
(iv)Demography and population studies	Demography and population studies; demography and social statistics; population studies; social statistics	16
(v)Life and environmental health sciences	Environmental health; zoology; human geography; botany; one health; microbiology; chemistry; biochemistry.	15
(vi)Social and behavioural sciences	Medical anthropology; sociology; psychology; social development; clinical psychology.	15
(vii)Nursing	Obstetrics and reproductive health nursing; general nursing; maternal health nursing; midwifery; mental health nursing.	13
(viii)Clinical medicine	Pediatrics & child health; clinical medicine; community medicine; internal medicine; oncoplastic surgery	11
(ix)Others	Literature; linguistics; library sciences; information sciences; education; communication; political science and public administration; human resource management; strategic management; environmental planning and management; design; civil engineering.	16