{"id":837,"date":"2018-05-22T08:32:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T12:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/public-health-monmouth-university\/"},"modified":"2022-05-25T08:39:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T12:39:43","slug":"public-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/preparation\/public-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for a Career in Public Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"\"><div class=\"aside-body\"><\/p>\n<h2>Quick Links<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/preparation\/\">General Information on Health Profession Careers<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #eeeddb none repeat scroll 0% 0%; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid;\">Career information on this page is to help students begin to prepare for continuing education after completion of their undergraduate degree at Monmouth. Every student should seek out further information on these potential careers through professional organizations and websites for each graduate program he or she intends to apply.<\/div>\n<p><\/div><\/aside>\n<p>Public health officials monitor the health and well-being of communities, including assessing health problems and hazards, assuring access to healthcare, and formulating public policies related to healthcare issues. Health promotion and disease-prevention are stressed. Public health officials are often trained in epidemiology, biostatistics, nutrition, management, and public policy.<\/p>\n<p>Jobs are available in non-profit organizations, clinics, government agencies, and industry. Many public health training programs are Master\u2019s-level programs, which can be completed in approximately two years.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on public health careers, see the <a title=\"ASPH Web page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aspph.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ASPH Web page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Prerequisites:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Prerequisite courses vary by program. Courses in science, social and behavioral science, statistics, and communication are suggested. Check <a title=\"individual programs of interest\" href=\"http:\/\/aspph.org\/study\/all-areas-of-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">individual programs of interest<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Most schools require a standardized entrance exam (MCAT or GRE), check individual programs.<\/li>\n<li>Experience working\/volunteering in a public health setting (clinic, non-profit agency, health departments)<\/li>\n<li>To apply, most schools participate in a centralized application service, <a title=\"SOPHAS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sophas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SOPHAS<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Health Prerequisite Requirements for Professional Schools Public health officials monitor the health and well-being of communities, including assessing health problems and hazards, assuring access to healthcare, and formulating public policies related to healthcare issues. Health promotion and disease-prevention are stressed. Public health officials are often trained in epidemiology, biostatistics, nutrition, management, and public policy. Jobs are available in non-profit organizations, clinics, government agencies, and industry. Many public health training programs are Master\u2019s-level programs, which can be completed in approximately two years. For more information on public health careers, see the ASPH webpage and the &#8216;What is Public Health?&#8217; webpage. Prerequisites: Prerequisite courses vary by program. Courses in science, social and behavorial science, statistics, and communication are suggested.\u00a0 Check individual programs of interest. Most schools require a standardized entrance exam (MCAT or GRE), check individual programs. Experience working\/volunteering in a public health setting (clinic, non-profit agency, health departments) To apply, most schools participate in a centralized application service, SOPHAS. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":96,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mu_eop_enabled":false,"_mu_eop_name":"","_mu_eop_name_override":false,"_mu_eop_description":"","_mu_eop_description_override":false,"_mu_eop_url":"","_mu_eop_url_override":false,"_mu_eop_program_type":"","_mu_eop_educational_credential":"","_mu_eop_time_to_complete":"","_mu_eop_number_of_credits":"","_mu_eop_occupational_category":"","_mu_eop_occupational_category_code":"","_mu_eop_program_prerequisites":"","_mu_eop_application_deadline":"","_mu_eop_application_start_date":"","_mu_eop_start_date":"","_mu_eop_end_date":"","_mu_eop_day_of_week":"","_mu_eop_time_of_day":"","_mu_eop_educational_program_mode":"","_mu_eop_financial_aid_eligible":"","_mu_eop_maximum_enrollment":"","_mu_eop_offers_price":"","_mu_eop_offers_currency":"USD","_mu_eop_offers_price_per":"","_mu_eop_offers_preset":"","_mu_eop_salary_upon_completion":"","_mu_eop_training_salary":"","_mu_eop_recognized_by_name":"","_mu_eop_recognized_by_url":"","_mu_eop_concentrations":"","_mu_eop_identifier_cip":"","_mu_eop_provider_name":"","_mu_eop_provider_name_override":false,"_mu_eop_provider_url":"","_mu_eop_provider_address":"","_mu_eop_provider_city":"","_mu_eop_provider_state":"","_mu_eop_provider_zip":"","_mu_eop_provider_country":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-837","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1600,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/837\/revisions\/1600"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}