Public Health Pathway
Public Health Saves Lives!
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Students in Physiology of Aging, hone their problem-solving skills and demonstrate creativity as they create MakeyMakey interactives to teach others about the circulatory system.
Public Health is the why and how of good healthcare practice and policy.
Public Health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities.
Public Health is achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention; and detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases.
Public health is concerned with protecting the health of entire populations. These populations can be as small as a local neighborhood, or as big as an entire country or region of the world.
In short, if you want to improve peoples' lives using the scientific methods and/or evidence, then Public Health is the pathway for you.
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Hands-on Learning
The Public Health Pathway emphasizes project-based learning. If you join this pathway you will have lots of opportunities to explore, learn, and apply knowledge through interactive, creative, and challenging projects.
IMG_5214.MOVIn this video, an Advanced Physiology student is harvesting sea urchin gametes. These gametes were later mixed and early embryogenesis was observed under a light microscope (see image below).
In Public Health, you will learn about:
Diseases
Disorders
Outbreaks
How the Body Works
How to Perform & Assess Epidemiological Research
Fertilized sea urchin eggs dividing, as seen under a light microscope in Advanced Physiology.
You will learn via laboratories
Video_4.movVideo shows a Daphnea (water flea) under a light microscope. In Advanced Physiology, students explore animal physiology by using water fleas as an animal model.
You will learn via real-life case studies and stories.
The above image is a backlit agar petri dish showing "zones of inhibition" where bacteria could not grow because of antibiotic presence. Immunology students created this when they perform an antibiotic-sensitivity test to determine the best antibiotic for a particular patient's unique bacterial infection.
You will explore how culture, language, and economics can effect human-health outcomes.
In Biomedical Law & Ethics students read the The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, which tells the story of a Hmong child and her family's struggles to navigate the American healthcare system. This book explores the tension between biomedical approaches to healthcare and traditional healing practices, and the ways in which cultural beliefs and practices can shape the experience of illness and healthcare.
Guest Speakers
Public Health also hosts a variety of guest speakers, which vary year-to-year depending on schedules. Past speakers have included Clark County Public Health, a mortician, a director of infection prevention, a nurse practitioner, a clinic manager, a respiratory therapist, and a complex litigation lawyer.
Public Health Pathway Curriculum
Public Health is a flexible pathway. You may take Public Health as your only CTE pathway or you may pair it with another of HeLa's pathways. Most of the Public Health courses don't have pre-requisite courses. Making it the most flexible of HeLa's pathways.
To be a Public Health Pathway completer: You must take the year-long Epidemiology course plus two other semester-long Public Health courses of your choosing. You can choose from Biomedical Law & Ethics, Immunology, Physiology of Aging, or Addiction & the Brain. However, students do not have to be committed to the Public Health Pathway to take the courses offered in the pathway. So come and try out a course or two!
Mochi, the classroom Axolotyl.
Public Health Goes with Everything...
Public Health degrees are often combined with other professional degrees.
The Public Health Pathway is great on its own, but it is even better when combined with other pathways.
Come by room 211 to learn more about this exciting pathway with great growth potential and flexibility.
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