Photo: Anthony Blasko THIS IS PUBLIC HEALTHJOIN THE CAMPAIGNPUBLIC HEALTH CAREERSSCHOOLS OF PUBLIC HEALTH
CREATE A FUTURE YOU WOULD WANT TO LIVE IN.

Public Health is an exciting and growing field that lets you make a real impact on the world around you. Public Health saves lives – your life, the lives of your family and friends, and the lives of people around the world.

From the laboratory to the podium, Public Health professionals occupy a wide variety of positions.
They do everything from analyzing the effects genetics, personal choice, and the environment have on health to developing programs that protect the health of families and communities. They work to understand how the ecology of health affects us, and how we can improve it. From social networks and economic circumstances to our environment and habits, Public Health professionals are the architects of tomorrow's better health practices.

Do you have what it takes to change your world for the better? Explore the career opportunities in Public Health on our sister sites, What is Public Health? and Pathways to Public Health.

Journal of the Colorado Health Foundation features the This Is Public Health sticker campaign

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A Journal of the Colorado Health Foundation
Health Elevations
Fall 2009

The Colorado Health Foundation featured the Association of Schools of Public Health “This is Public Health” campaign in their Health Elevations Quarterly Journal. The article highlights our campaign objective and the nation's need for more public health graduates.

CREATE A FUTURE YOU WOULD WANT TO LIVE IN.

Along with cancer, obesity, infectious diseases, and bio-terrorism, one of the health threats facing the United States is a shortage of Public Health professionals. America will be short more than a quarter of a million Public Health workers by 2020. That’s one-third of the workforce we need.

Too few Public Health clinicians means less cancer screenings and fewer immunizations. A shortage of epidemiologists makes it harder to respond to food-borne outbreaks or to track emerging infectious diseases such as MRSA (drug-resistant staph infections). Events like September 11th and Hurricane Katrina demonstrated the importance of Public Health workers when responding to natural and man made emergencies.

Well-trained Public Health professionals are critical to protecting the health of our communities and our world. If we don't ensure a new generation of Public Health professionals, we are risking the health of ourselves, our communities, and our world.

To view examples of the many pressing issues in the field of public health, click here.

 

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