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Katherine’s Answer
Where you might work:
-Public health consulting firms
-Advocacy organization that work to get support from the legislature to make change
-County/state public health organizations
-Federal level - CDC, SAMHSA (mental health), Department of Health & Human Services
-Health care organizations, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies
Rachel’s Answer
Hi Van! The great thing is that the public health field is becoming more broad and open to more career fields. I majored in exercise science but worked in the public health field for three years with the State of Florida. I worked in the community health/chronic disease department because that is what my passion was for and what I was most suited for but there are plenty of other departments. Other departments include: epidemiology, clinics, preparedness, HIV/STD, operations, finance, health education, nutrition, WIC (women, infants and children), family planning, environmental health, administrative and many more! Not sure what state you are in but a lot of public health departments have internship opportunities or opportunities to shadow a specific career field which is where I would start.
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