There are MANY employment and career opportunities in health, health care or public health. One first step is to learn more about them, starting with a definition and a list of core areas of public health. Which one sounds interesting to you?

“Public health is the science and art of protecting and improving the health of communities…” (whatispublichealth.org)

Public health professionals engage in advocacy, management/administration, policy development analysis, education, research, laboratory work, program development and evaluation and much more!!

Core areas (whatispublichealth.org):

• Behavioral Science/Health Education
• Biostatistics
• Emergency Medical Services
• Environmental Health
• Epidemiology
• Health Services Administration/Management
• International/Global Health
• Maternal and Child Health
• Nutrition
• Public Health Laboratory Practice
• Public Health Policy
• Public Health Practice