Profiles in Public Health
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The biggest challenge in public health is finding novel ways to address health disparities in our communities.
My passion for public health stems from my belief that we are to treat others how we would like to be treated and I wouldn’t want to be hungry, drinking contaminated water or dying of a preventable disease.
I was inspired to study public health because of the emphasis on understanding an individual’s environment in determining disease.
Public health is an ecosystem that is always changing—with different communities, cultures, and stakeholders—all of which have a vested interest in making a population healthy from the start.
Public health is the holistic approach to addressing issues of social, mental, and physical health of a society over the course of a lifetime.
Public health is getting the largest number of people in best health possible with efficiency, compassion, and collaboration.
Public health is the combination of a variety of interests and skills (engineering, medicine, environmental, education, etc.) coming together to provide people with the opportunities to lead healthier lives.
Public health is the interdisciplinary science that focuses on improving and promoting the complete health (mental, physical, behavioral) of individuals and communities.
Public health fosters people’s wellbeing by providing our local, national, and global communities with the necessary tools for them to prevent disease and practice healthy living.