Who Would be Interested in the programme offered by Eastern Kentucky University?

Students interested in:

• Obtaining a rewarding job in which you gain satisfaction knowing that you are working to improve the lives of others in local, national, and international communities.

• Improving people's health and well-being by confronting complex health issues such as improving access to health care, controlling infectious diseases, violence, substance abuse, and injury. Focus is on education and the prevention side of health care.

• Working in a diverse and dynamic field that provides public health services to individuals from all age groups, in multiple settings, and affords the opportunity to work with professionals from myriad other disciplines such as sociology, psychology, anthropology, biology, chemistry, communication, mathematics, business, nursing, occupational science, social work, political science, and government.

• Planning and implementing programs and events that address current and future health issues.

• This long-standing program is the only CEPH accredited undergraduate program in the state of Kentucky.

• Seniors complete an internship (HEA 463) where they apply the skills they have learned in the program to real life problems.

• Students who graduate from this program are ready to sit for the CHES exam to become Certified Health Education Specialists.

• The School Health option provides the opportunity to teach in K-12 institutions.

• A degree in Public Health enables students to intervene in community and individual settings to help people stay healthier.

Students in the Community Health option can work in:

• Local, regional, and state public health agencies

• School settings

• Volunteer agencies

• Worksite wellness programs

• Hospitals

• Substance Abuse Prevention/Intervention agencies

• And more

Public Health graduates will find jobs in the public, non-profits, and private sectors.Public sectors jobs may be in local, state, or federal health departments in such positions as:

• Health educator

• Health communication specialist

• Program manager

• Policy analyst

• Epidemiologist