Reasonst

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earaf
tery
ear
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iel
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r
ewar
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mpacton
communi
ti
es,pr
ogr
ams,andsy
stemst
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lofourl
i
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terandheal
thi
er,whet
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hat
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i
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icaandbey
ond,
ther
e’snev
erbeenabet
tert
imet
oconsi
der
acar
eeri
npubl
i
cheal
th.

Youmi
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i
zei
t,buty
ourwor
khast
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oimpactt
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i
vesofpeopl
ear
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ld,
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ustt
hroughy
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ties.Thel
argersoci
alr
oley
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nyour
car
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eanev
enmor
esi
gni
fi
canti
mpactont
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ati
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ve,sopubl
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th
pr
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itf
rom consi
der
ingt
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ropt
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anni
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sandper
sonal
l
i
ves.Tohel
pyoudeci
dewhet
herpubl
i
cheal
thi
spr
operf
ory
ou,
Reasonswhyy
ouneedt
oconsi
der
wor
kingi
nthi
sfi
eld.Butbef
oret
hen

Whatexact
lyi
spubl
i
cheal
th?

Publ
i
cheal
thpr
omot
esandpr
otect
speopl
e'
sandcommuni
ti
es'heal
thwher
etheyl
i
ve,l
ear
n,wor
k,
andpl
ay.Whi
l
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orst
reatpat
ient
swhoar
eil
l
,thoseofusi
npubl
i
cheal
thwor
ktokeeppeopl
e
f
rom becomi
ngi
l
lori
njur
edi
nthef
ir
stpl
ace.Weal
soencour
ageheal
thybehav
ior
stopr
omot
e
wel
l
ness.

Rol
esofpubl
i
cheal
thof
fi
cer
s?

1. Rai
singAwar
eness:Themai
ncauseoft
hespr
eadofv
ari
ousdeadl
ydi
seaseswoul
dbea
l
ack ofawar
eness.The pr
imar
yrol
e ofpubl
i
c heal
th pr
ofessi
onal
sist
orai
se publ
i
c
awar
eness.

2. Communi
ty Heal
th Moni
tor
ing:Publ
i
c heal
th pr
ofessi
onal
s ar
e mor
e concer
ned wi
th
gat
her
ingdat
aoncommuni
tyheal
th.Thi
sinf
ormat
ional
l
owst
hegov
ernmentt
omoni
tort
he
spr
eadofdi
seases.Asar
esul
t,t
heycant
aket
henecessar
yst
epst
ohal
tthespr
eadwi
thout
 f
urt
herdel
ay.

3. I
dent
if
yingt
heCommuni
ty'
sPr
eval
entHeal
thI
ssues:Publ
i
cheal
thwor
ker
swi
l
lal
sobe
r
esponsi
blef
ori
dent
if
yingpot
ent
ialheal
thhazar
ds,i
nfect
iousdi
seases,ev
olv
ingheal
th
i
ssues,chr
oni
cdi
seasepat
ter
ns,anddi
seaseout
breaksi
nthecommuni
tyandr
epor
ti
ng
t
hem t
otheheal
thcar
edepar
tmentsot
hatappr
opr
iat
eact
ioncanbet
aken.
4. Or
gani
zi
ngCommuni
tyWel
l
nessI
nit
iat
ives:I
twoul
dal
sobet
her
esponsi
bil
i
tyofpubl
i
c
heal
thwor
ker
stopr
ovi
dev
acci
nat
ions,conductheal
thsur
vey
samongt
hegener
alpubl
i
c,
anddi
str
ibut
emedi
cal
suppl
i
est
othemasses.

5. Cr
eat
ingaHeal
thCar
eDel
i
ver
ySy
stem:Duet
oli
mit
edaccesst
oheal
thcar
eser
vices,t
he
maj
ori
tyofpeopl
einr
uralar
eassuf
ferf
rom chr
oni
cil
l
nesses.Publ
i
cheal
thpr
ofessi
onal
s
pl
aycr
it
icalr
olesi
nst
reaml
i
ningheal
thcar
eser
vicesandmaki
ngt
hem av
ail
abl
etoev
ery
one
i
nthecommuni
ty.

Obj
ect
ivesofapubl
i
cheal
th

TheWor
ldHeal
thOr
gani
zat
ion(
WHO)def
inespubl
i
cheal
thas"
thepr
event
ion,pr
omot
ion,and
ext
ensi
onofl
i
feamongt
hegener
alpopul
ati
on.
"Asar
esul
t,publ
i
cheal
thi
nit
iat
ivesai
mtocr
eat
e
env
ironment
sinwhi
chpeopl
ecanbeheal
thywi
thi
nspeci
fi
cpopul
ati
ons.

Her
ear
eaf
ewr
easonswhyy
ouneedt
oconsi
derwor
kingasapubl
i
cheal
thof
fi
cer
.

1.Publ
i
cHeal
thi
sanev
er-
expandi
ngi
ndust
ry.

Accor
dingt
oani
ndust
ry-
wider
epor
t,TheFut
ureofPubl
i
cHeal
th:Tr
endsandOppor
tuni
ti
esf
or
Wor
kfor
ceDev
elopmentThr
ough 2020,Publ
i
cheal
thi
snotsi
mpl
yan i
ndust
ry;i
tisan ev
er-
expandi
ngconceptt
hatwi
l
lkeepev
olv
ing,
encompassi
ngmul
ti
pledi
sci
pli
nessuchasepi
demi
ology
,
env
ironment
alsci
ences,bi
ost
ati
sti
cs,emer
gencymanagementandmor
e.Thi
smakesi
taf
iel
dof
st
udywi
thl
otsofgr
owt
hpot
ent
ial
.Keepr
eadi
ngf
orf
ivemor
egoodr
easonsy
oushoul
dser
iousl
y
consi
derwor
kingi
npubl
i
cheal
th.

2.TheJobMar
keti
sGr
owi
ng

Theheal
thcar
eindust
ryi
srapi
dlygr
owi
ng,
meani
ngt
hatj
oboppor
tuni
ti
esar
epl
ent
if
ul.Accor
dingt
o
pr
oject
ionsf
rom f
inanci
alr
esear
chf
ir
m EMSI
,heal
thcar
ejobshav
egr
ownatanav
erageof3%per
y
earsi
nce2012,
andt
her
eisnor
easonf
ort
hosenumber
stodr
op.Whi
l
eeconomi
stscan'
tagr
eeon
pr
eci
sel
ywhatwi
l
lhappenwi
thourcur
rentadmi
nist
rat
ion,i
t'
sunl
i
kel
ywe'
l
lseear
educt
ioni
n
spendi
ngont
heseser
vicessoon.

I
nfact
,asofJune2017,TheDepar
tmentofLaborhasaddednear
ly300Knewj
obsacr
osssev
eral
f
iel
dswi
thi
nheal
thcar
eser
vices,maki
ngi
toneofonl
yfouri
ndust
ri
est
hathav
eseenempl
oyment
gr
owt
hov
er1% annual
l
ysi
nce2010.Thi
sshoul
dcomeasgoodnewsf
ory
ou:y
ourchancesof
f
indi
ngaj
obar
epr
ett
ygood!Youcanal
somakehi
ghi
ncomeoni
tandwor
kaspar
ti
mej
ob.

3.YouCanWor
kDi
rect
lyWi
thPat
ient
s

Wantt
omakeadi
rectdi
ff
erencei
nsomeone’
sli
fe?Asapubl
i
cheal
thpr
act
it
ioner
,youcandoj
ust
t
hat
.Of
tenwor
kingdi
rect
lywi
thpat
ient
sandev
enmanagi
ngt
hei
rcar
e,y
ou’
l
lgai
nanunder
standi
ng
ofdi
seasesandi
l
lnessest
hatar
eof
tenl
eftmi
sunder
stoodbydoct
ors.You’
l
lbeabl
etodev
elop
t
ail
oredt
reat
mentpl
ansf
orpeopl
easwel
laseducat
ethem onhowt
heycani
mpr
ovet
hei
rwel
l
ness
sot
heydon’
tneedt
reat
mentagai
ndownt
her
oad.

Wi
th such a hands-
on appr
oach,t
her
e ar
e manyoppor
tuni
ti
es f
orper
sonalgr
owt
h and t
he
dev
elopmentofnew ski
l
lset
s.I
n addi
ti
on,publ
i
c heal
th pr
act
it
ioner
sty
pical
l
y enj
oy smal
l
er
casel
oadscompar
edwi
thdoct
ors,
whi
chmeansmor
eti
mespentoneachpat
ient
.

Manypeopl
evi
ew publ
i
cheal
thasaheal
th-
rel
atedf
iel
dthatappl
i
esacr
osssect
orsandi
ncl
udes
r
olesl
i
kedi
seasedet
ect
ivesandepi
demi
ologi
sts.Manyj
obpost
ingsdescr
ibepubl
i
cheal
thwor
kas
t
hei
nter
sect
ionofbusi
ness,heal
thcar
e,andpol
i
cy.Whi
l
eiti
str
uet
hatt
hesej
obsar
eav
ail
abl
efor
t
hosewi
thdegr
eesout
sideofpubl
i
cheal
thf
iel
ds(
suchasnur
singormedi
cine)
,mostempl
oyer
s
pr
eferappl
i
cant
swhohav
ecompl
etedgr
aduat
ecour
sewor
kspeci
fi
cal
l
yfocusedonpubl
i
cheal
th.

4.YouCanMakeaDi
ff
erence

I
fyou'
repassi
onat
eaboutpubl
i
cheal
th,
that
’sagoodpl
acet
ost
art
.It
'st
rue:Mostofwhatweknow
aboutenv
ironment
alsaf
etyandf
oodsaf
etycomesf
rom epi
demi
ologi
stswhor
esear
chout
breaks
andf
indway
stopr
eventt
hem f
rom happeni
ngagai
n.Env
ironment
ali
stsal
sof
ocusonkeepi
ngour
pl
anetheal
thy
—asdor
esear
cher
sinmanyot
herf
iel
dsl
i
keheal
thcar
e,economi
cs,soci
ology
,and
busi
ness.Soi
fyou'
rei
nter
est
edi
nhowasi
ngl
eact
ionordeci
sioni
mpact
sanent
ir
ecommuni
ty(
or
ev
enpeopl
ehal
fawor
ldaway
),t
henapubl
i
c-heal
thcar
eeri
sri
ghtf
ory
ou.Pl
us,
unl
i
kemostcar
eer
s
wher
eitt
akesy
ear
s(i
fnotdecades)t
omakear
eali
mpactony
ourf
iel
d,asapr
ofessi
onalwor
king
t
owar
dgl
obal
wel
l
bei
ng,
ther
ear
epl
ent
yofway
syoucanmakey
ourmar
kmuchsooner
.

5.Youcanhav
eani
mpactonpeopl
e’
sli
ves

Weal
lhav
eani
mpactonpeopl
e’
sli
ves,buty
oucandomor
ebymaki
ngsur
etheyl
i
vel
onger
heal
thi
erl
i
ves.Andnotj
usty
ourf
ami
l
yandf
ri
ends—asapubl
i
cheal
thpr
ofessi
onal
,youcanaf
fect
peopl
ear
oundt
hewor
ld.Asy
ouhel
pdesi
gnpr
ogr
amsandpol
i
ciest
hatl
eadt
obet
terheal
th
out
comesf
ori
ndi
vi
dual
sandcommuni
ti
es,y
ourwor
khasr
ippl
eef
fect
sar
oundt
hegl
obe.Soi
fyou
wantt
omakeani
mpactonl
i
vesar
oundy
ou—andacr
ossoceans—consi
deracar
eeri
npubl
i
cheal
th.

ManyOppor
tuni
ti
esi
nPubl
i
cheal
th

Publ
i
cheal
thcar
eeroppor
tuni
ti
esar
epl
ent
if
uli
nthef
iel
dofmedi
cineandpubl
i
cheal
th,butmany
opt
ionsmi
ghtnotbeappar
entr
ightaway
.Aswi
thmostcar
eer
s,i
t’
simpor
tantt
oconsi
dery
our
st
rengt
hsandpr
efer
enceswhendeci
dingonaspeci
fi
cjoborar
eaofst
udywi
thi
npubl
i
cheal
th,but
i
t’
sal
sohel
pfult
olookatt
hewor
ldar
oundy
out
oseehowpubl
i
cheal
thi
mpact
speopl
eev
eryday
.
Becauset
her
ear
emanyoppor
tuni
ti
esf
ort
hosewhowantt
opur
sueacar
eeri
npubl
i
cheal
th,
it’
sno
sur
pri
set
hatmanypeopl
ear
edr
awnt
othesepr
ofessi
ons.

Accor
dingt
oU.
S.News&Wor
ldRepor
t,about15%ofi
ndi
vi
dual
swor
kingf
orl
argeempl
oyer
sof
fer
benef
it
sforwel
l
nesspr
ogr
amsandnear
ly50% ofl
argeempl
oyer
spl
anonof
fer
ingi
ncent
ivesf
or
empl
oyeeswhohav
eatl
eastonechr
oni
ccondi
ti
onorpar
ti
cipat
einwel
l
nesspr
ogr
ams(
sour
ce)
.
Thatnumberi
sexpect
edt
oincr
easeov
ert
imeasawar
enessofi
tsi
mpor
tancei
ncr
eases.I
not
her
wor
ds,i
fyoul
ovehel
pingot
her
sandbei
ngact
iveorheal
thyy
our
sel
f,t
her
e’sgoodmoneyoutt
her
e
j
ustwai
ti
ngf
ory
ou!

Her
ear
e8car
eeroppor
tuni
ti
eswi
thi
npubl
i
cheal
tht
hatcanhel
pyoumakeani
mpacti
nyour
communi
ty.

1)Communi
tyHeal
thAi
de

Heal
thcar
epr
ofessi
onal
swhoar
eli
censedorr
egi
ster
edt
oser
vet
hei
rcommuni
ti
es.Of
tenwor
king
asamemberofal
argerheal
thcar
eteam,Communi
tyHeal
thAi
descanpr
ovi
deser
vicessuchas
admi
nist
eri
ngv
acci
nes,scr
eeni
ngf
ordi
abet
es,andmanagi
ngchr
oni
ccondi
ti
ons.Theywor
kin
communi
tycent
ersandot
herl
ocat
ionsser
vingl
ow-
incomei
ndi
vi
dual
s,whi
chcanhel
pthem t
ohav
e
cl
osecont
actwi
thpat
ient
s.Bei
ngabl
etospeakmul
ti
plel
anguagesi
sal
soapl
ussi
ncemanyof
t
hesepat
ient
smaynotbeEngl
i
shspeaker
s.

2)Per
sonal
Heal
thCoach

A per
sonalheal
thcoachact
sasanadv
isorf
ort
hosel
ooki
ng t
oli
veaheal
thi
erl
i
fest
yle.By
i
dent
if
yingcur
renthabi
tsandweaknesses,coachesgui
dehowt
oincor
por
ateheal
thychangesi
nto
y
ourdai
l
yrout
ine.Youcanhi
reaper
sonalheal
thcoachonl
i
neorsear
chf
orcer
ti
fi
cat
ionpr
ogr
ams
t
hatwi
l
lhel
pyoubecomequal
i
fiedasone.Oncecer
ti
fi
ed,y
ou’
l
lbeabl
etohel
pcl
i
ent
swi
thawi
de
r
angeofgoal
sincl
udi
ngwei
ghtl
oss,
exer
ciser
out
ines,
andst
ressmanagementst
rat
egi
es.

3)Consul
ti
ng

Theconsul
ti
ngi
ndust
ryi
saf
ast
-gr
owi
ngsect
or,
andt
hosewi
thst
rongbackgr
oundsi
npubl
i
cheal
th
canf
indoppor
tuni
ti
esf
orgr
owt
handdev
elopment
.Consul
ti
ngcompani
eshi
ref
orposi
ti
onswi
thi
n
pr
oductmanagement
,busi
nessanal
ysi
s,sof
twar
edev
elopment
,mar
ket
ing,
oper
ati
onsmanagement
,
andmor
e.I
fyou’
rei
nter
est
edi
nlear
ninghow t
ost
artaconsul
ti
ngbusi
nessf
rom homeori
fyou
wantt
obr
eaki
ntoanest
abl
i
shedf
ir
m wi
thapr
omi
singf
utur
eaheadofi
t,onl
i
necour
sesar
eani
deal
r
esour
ce.

4)Wor
kforNon-
Prof
it
s

Non-
prof
itor
gani
zat
ionsmakeupahugesegmentofoursoci
ety
,wor
kingt
opr
ovi
deser
vices
r
angi
ngf
rom heal
thcar
etowomen’
sshel
ter
s.Wi
tht
housandsofnon-
prof
it
sar
oundt
hecount
ry
hi
ri
ngpr
ofessi
onal
sforev
ery
thi
ngf
rom di
rectser
vicewor
ktor
esear
ch,get
ti
ngi
nvol
vedwi
thnon-
pr
ofi
tsof
fer
sal
otofwor
koppor
tuni
ti
es.Andwi
thl
owersal
aryscal
est
hanmanypr
ivat
e-sect
orj
obs,
non-
prof
it
sar
eof
tenabl
etohi
requal
i
fiedcandi
dat
eswhowoul
dot
her
wisebeexcl
udedbyhi
gh
hi
ri
ngcost
s.

5)Wor
kwi
thSt
ate/
Local
Organi
zat
ions

I
fyouwantt
owor
kwi
thpeopl
efr
om al
lwal
ksofl
i
fe,
thenast
ateorl
ocalor
gani
zat
ioni
sagr
eatway
t
ogetst
art
ed.Notonl
ywi
l
lyougai
nval
uabl
eleader
shi
pexper
ience,buty
ou’
l
lal
sodev
elopy
our
net
wor
kingski
l
lsandmeetot
hercommuni
tymember
s—peopl
ewhocoul
dbecomel
i
fel
ongf
ri
ends
andment
ors.And,t
hankst
ovar
iousf
undi
ngpr
ogr
amsatt
hesel
evel
sofgov
ernment
,jobsar
e
av
ail
abl
eyear
-r
ound.

6)BecomeaNut
ri
ti
oni
st

Nut
ri
ti
oni
sts wor
k wi
th pat
ient
sto encour
age heal
thy eat
ing and l
i
ving habi
ts.They desi
gn
per
sonal
i
zedmealpl
ansf
ort
hei
rcl
i
ent
sandpr
ovi
deeducat
ionaboutdi
et,nut
ri
ti
on,exer
cise,f
ood
saf
ety
,wei
ghtmanagement
,andt
reat
mentofeat
ingdi
sor
der
s.Tobecomeanut
ri
ti
oni
st,
youneeda
mi
nimum ofabachel
or’
sdegr
eef
rom anaccr
edi
tedpr
ogr
am.I
tishel
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