Overview of Public Health Paper
Overview of Public Health Paper
Be sure to address all five (5) parts in one cohesive paper with an introductory and concluding paragraph in a maximum of three (3) pages:
I) Medical Care vs. Public Health:Go to the public health websites provided below and read the information. Based on the information provided, explain the major differences between medical care and public health.
https://www.ecpi.edu/blog/difference-between-public-health-and-healthcare-administration-what-do-i-need-to-know
https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(11)00514-9/fulltext
https://www.publichealth.pitt.edu/careers/what-is-public-health
II) Public Health Achievements. Read the Ten Great Achievements in Public Health (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6019a5.htm) and read about each. Briefly discuss how your daily life is different as a result of one of these achievements.
III) Careers in Public Health. Research a job in Public Health (for some ideas, read the article here: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articles/what-can-you-do-with-a-public-health-degree). Select one public health career that you could potentially see yourself pursuing, briefly describe the career, and explain why that career seems interesting to you. (You must choose a public health career even if this is not your current field of interest!)
IV) Public Health Faculty: Briefly scan the biographies and curricula vitae (CV) of the faculty within the University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health (https://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/public_health/faculty-staff/index.php). Which faculty member seems like they would be a good fit to work with towards the career you selected? Describe why you think this faculty’s research and experience would seem like it would help you in achieving the career you selected?
V) Public Health Organizations: Select one public health organization from the list below and summarize the mission and focus areas of the organization. Think about the career you identified earlier, how would being member in this organization help you achieve your professional goals?
American Public Health Organization (APHO)
Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH)
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH)
National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC)
National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Sexual Information and Education Council of the United States (SEICUS)
South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health
South Carolina Office of Rural Health (SCORH)
South Carolina Public Health Association (SCPHA)
The Public Health Foundation (PHF)
World Health Organization (WHO)
NOTE: This should be a comprehensive paper. Write a closing summary paragraph about what you have learned about public health from completing these 5 tasks. If you haven’t already written one, go back and write an introductory paragraph that introduces all of the ideas to come.
