Connecticut Association for Healthcare at Home
Beyond Healing Counseling
Parsons Counseling
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Description: From degrees to careers, explore the many opportunities within the field of public health to learn how you can help and heal.
Public health professionals use finely tuned knowledge and skills to improve health and wellness in communities across the United States. Learn how you can make a difference.
What exactly is public health? Public health is the medico-scientific study of communicable disease transmission and lifestyle-related health issues in different populations, including everything from dietary concerns in individual communities around the U.S. to the source and progression of global pandemics. Under the umbrella of public health, government agencies, non-profits, and healthcare organizations cooperate to identify, prevent, and respond to health threats using everything from information and o
While doctors diagnose and treat patients individually, public health professionals promote health on a broader scale. For example, a doctor may work with a patient to minimize the physical effects of a sexually transmitted disease (STD). A public health professional specializing in epidemiology might coordinate with community leaders to stop the spread of that very same STD. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the nation’s premier public health agency, the philosophy is simpl
Connecticut Association for Healthcare at Home
Beyond Healing Counseling
Parsons Counseling
THE MACROBIAN®