Public Health

Weston ThomasAlex Lewis

Cara Kaplan

Vinland Department of Public Health

Mission: To protect and improve the health of Vineland residents by preventing or eliminating disease and injury.

Scope: Community level protection, prevention and education of adverse environmental factors that may impact human health and environmental quality.

Opportunities in Public Health

• Health Inspection• EMS• Registrar• Health Education• Home Health

Inspector• Health Officer

Sara WilliamsHealth Educator

Research•Asses the current health trends, so she knows how to approach your community.

•Many different populations may exist in your community, each with its own individual needs.

•Types of research:• Statistics • Surveys

Health Fairs, Events, and Outreach

• Create, organize, and develops effective health based programs.

• These health events and research are based on past research and address current issues of the population.

• These fairs may take place at schools, hospitals, ect. and events are meant to educate and raise awareness.

Vineland Health Department

• Great Smoke Out

Grants

• Public health educators rely on grants from the government to design and run the health fairs, events, and outreach programs.

• Some health educators are paid solely on the money from the grants.

• Grants can run out!!!!!

• This can create a stress on the health educator.

What makes an effective Health Educator ?

• Public speaking skills are very important.

• Speaking more then one language is helpful too.

• Writing skills are important as well.

Preparing for a job in Public Health

• Certifications and courses:• Grant writing course• Chronic Illness certification • CHES• Tobacco Counseling Certification

Grant Writing Courses

• To become a better grant writer• www.Grantwrittingusa.com offers

courses in grant writing.• General information on a course near

you• Local Courses

CHES(Certified Health Education Specialist)

• Asses competency related to the 7 areas of responsibility of a health educator.– Area I Assess Needs, Assets and Capacity for

Health Education– Area II Plan Health Education– Area III Implement Health Education– Area IV Conduct Evaluation and Research

Related to Health Education– Area V Administer and Manage Health

Education– Area VI Serve as a Health Education Resource

Person– Area VII Communicate and Advocate for Health

and Health Education

CHES(Certified Health Education

Specialist)

• Why CHES?

• How much does the CHES cost?

• Are you eligible for the CHES?

FamCare•What is Famcare ?

•What services are offed by Famcare ?

•What are the goals of Famcare ?

•Website http://www.famcareinc.com/Default.aspx

Master Degree Programs for Public

Health• Temple University

• Kaplan University

• John Hopkins University

Temple University

• Why should I choose Temple University ?

• What is the Mission of the program ?

• Website: http://www.temple.edu/grad/

John Hopkins• Why should I choose John Hopkins

University ?

• 3 Main Reasons

• Quality

• Flexibility

• Diversity

• Website- http://www.jhsph.edu/academics/degree-programs/master-of-public-health/

Kaplan University

• Why should I choose Kaplan University ?

• Kaplan Offers an online accelerated degree Program.

• Website: http://getinfo.kaplan.edu/ms_public_health.aspx

IMPRESSIONS!!