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in Public Health Online
Public
Health Professionals: Opportunity World Wide
You can start today to earn your coveted degree in the health
care field. Whether you want a Master's degree or are ready
take on the world with a PhD., degrees in Public Health will
open the door to the health care field without the years of
study required for physicians or the daunting state boards
and draining work schedule often required of nurses.
A degree in Public
Health is a specialization in promoting community health and
educating the community and its officials on important health
issues. You study medical, social, ethical and economic factors
that influence the well being of a particular society; the
PhD will empower you to influence society and its leaders
and to improve the lives of citizens in our global community.
Responsibilities
of a Public Health Professional
The emphasis for a public health professional is on the health
of entire communities rather than on individuals. The field
encompasses multiple aspects of medicine and dentistry along
with law, education, behavioral and social sciences and more.
The public health official works to prevent disease and to
promote wellness rather than to simply treat various illnesses.
Your job, therefore, could be to monitor populations at risk
for disease, to connect people with health services and to
educate communities regarding healthy living, occupational
safety, and nutritional habits.
The following are
just a few of the many positions/titles you could have as
a public health professional:
- Director
of Environmental Health
- Director
of Municipal Water Treatment Plant
- Health
Data Manager
- Industrial
Waste Director
- Infection
Control Officer
- Public
Health Officer
- Radioactive
Water Specialist
- Water
Quality Investigator
- Public
School Health Coordinator
- Childhood
Disease Prevention Specialist
–and many more.
The work location is as varied as the job titles themselves.
You could be working in a public school setting, in a social
services office, for a government agency, in a state or community
health center, for a non-profit agency, for a university or
research firm or even for a pharmaceutical company. If you
are willing to travel, you could find yourself leading a team
to study and collect information on the impact or prevalence
of diseases, health conditions, or health needs in communities
around the globe. This is one career that will let you go
wherever your imagination takes you, and with the global changes
in health awareness and medical practices, the field isn't
likely to be saturated any time soon.
Average
Salaries for Public Health Professionals
There are no public licensing requirements for public health
professionals. Thus a person's salary will depend on his or
her education, experience, and accomplishments. If you want
the most influence and the highest salary, go for the Ph.D
and plan on developing a proposal for some sort of change
or action that will impact the health of your chosen community.
It won't happen overnight, but you will be in the position
to make it happen and you'll be noticed when it does.
Starting salaries
for those with a Master's degree in Public Health range from
$32,000 to $80,000 depending on the agency you work for and
the position held. Those with doctoral degrees should be able
to command six figures after just a few years of experience.
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