1. Public Health Weston Thomas Alex Lewis Cara Kaplan

2. Vinland Department of Public Health Mission: To protect and improve the health of Vineland residents by preventing or eliminating disease and injury. Scope: Community level protection, prevention and education of adverse environmental factors that may impact human health and environmental quality.

3. Opportunities in Public Health Health Inspection EMS Registrar Health Education Home Health Inspector Health Officer

4. Sara Williams Health Educator Research Asses the current health trends, so she knows how to approach your community. Many different populations may exist in your community, each with its own individual needs. Types of research: Statistics Surveys

5. Health Fairs, Events, and Outreach Create, organize, and develops effective health based programs. These health events and research are based on past research and address current issues of the population. These fairs may take place at schools, hospitals, ect. and events are meant to educate and raise awareness.

6. Vineland Health Department Great Smoke Out

7. Grants Public health educators rely on grants from the government to design and run the health fairs, events, and outreach programs. Some health educators are paid solely on the money from the grants. Grants can run out!!!!! This can create a stress on the health educator.

8. What makes an effective Health Educator ? Public speaking skills are very important. Speaking more then one language is helpful too. Writing skills are important as well.

9. Preparing for a job in Public Health Certifications and courses: Grant writing course Chronic Illness certification CHES Tobacco Counseling Certification

10. Grant Writing Courses To become a better grant writer www.Grantwrittingusa.com offers courses in grant writing.www.Grantwrittingusa.com General information on a course near you Local Courses

11. CHES (Certified Health Education Specialist) Asses competency related to the 7 areas of responsibility of a health educator. –Area I Assess Needs, Assets and Capacity for Health Education –Area II Plan Health Education –Area III Implement Health Education –Area IV Conduct Evaluation and Research Related to Health Education –Area V Administer and Manage Health Education –Area VI Serve as a Health Education Resource Person –Area VII Communicate and Advocate for Health and Health Education

12. CHES (Certified Health Education Specialist) Why CHES? How much does the CHES cost? Are you eligible for the CHES?

13. FamCare What is Famcare ? What services are offed by Famcare ? What are the goals of Famcare ? Website http://www.famcareinc.com/Default.as px http://www.famcareinc.com/Default.as px

14. Master Degree Programs for Public Health Temple University Kaplan University John Hopkins University

15. Temple University Why should I choose Temple University ? What is the Mission of the program ? Website: http://www.temple.edu/grad/http://www.temple.edu/grad/

16. John Hopkins Why should I choose John Hopkins University ? 3 Main Reasons Quality Flexibility Diversity Website- http://www.jhsph.edu/academics/degre e-programs/master-of-public-health/ http://www.jhsph.edu/academics/degre e-programs/master-of-public-health/

17. Kaplan University Why should I choose Kaplan University ? Kaplan Offers an online accelerated degree Program. Website: http://getinfo.kaplan.edu/ms_public_healt h.aspx http://getinfo.kaplan.edu/ms_public_healt h.aspx

18. IMPRESSIONS!!