What is Public Health?
Public health focuses on community health intervention and prevention. Just as a doctor treats a patient, public health professionals treat an entire population. Public health professionals learn about and prioritize significant health issues in a community and create interventions to improve health outcomes.
Professionals work in various settings such as governmental agencies, non-profit organizations, worksite wellness programs, schools, etc. The average salary for public health professionals in the U.S. is $72,000.
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Professionals work in various settings such as governmental agencies, non-profit organizations, worksite wellness programs, schools, etc. The average salary for public health professionals in the U.S. is $72,000.
Watch this video to learn more about public health.
"I do not intend to have a degree that sits nicely framed on my wall. I intend to have a degree that works hard and changes lives. We need these experiences and these people just as much as they need us. To anyone who wishes to do something like this in the future: Do it."
KIRSTEN M.,
BYU-I GRADUATE
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Highlighted Career Paths
Graduates with a degree in Public Health Education and Promotion have a wide array of rewarding careers before them. Check out some of the top careers students get with this degree or explore more career options in I-Plan.
Health Educator
Health educators promote healthy lifestyles by creating wellness plans and various strategies that help people adopt those plans and improve their overall well-being.
Epidemiologist
Epidemiologists focus on the cause of diseases, how to control the spread of diseases, and help identify those at risk of diseases.
Contact Tracer
Contact tracers help locate people who have been infected with contagious diseases and help them isolate to prevent the further spread of the disease. They then work with those infected to determine who they were in contact with while infected in order to help control the spread of the disease.
Getting Started in this degree
If you are interested in Public Health Education and Promotion, start with one of the following major-specific courses
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