A degree in public health also brings job security, as public health workers will always be required and the broad variety of jobs in the field allows diversification and specialisation of skills.
Working in public health today The 21st century is an exciting yet challenging time for public health. According to many experts, great discoveries in health improvement will not come from new medication or medical instruments but from broader population targeted prevention programs and information policies. These are some of the greatest challenges we will face this century and currently, public health is the best way to tackle them: • Avian influenza • HIV/AIDS • Obesity • Cancer
• Bioterrorism • Domestic violence • Substance abuse • Mental health • Drug resistant diseases • Emerging and re-emerging diseases
• Environmental toxins • Inequities in health care access
The public health sector has attracted more attention from governments thanks to an increase in public awareness: in the field of environmental protection for instance, the danger of toxic waste is now well known and the demand for experts in environmental health and industrial hygiene is growing. Greater importance is placed on health promotion and disease prevention as an economical means to safeguarding large populations. Incidents such the H1N1 virus outbreak or the
anthrax bioterrorism emphasise the need to strengthen public health infrastructure to be ready for future threats. So whether you want to vaccinate children in Kenya, promote breastfeeding in Pakistan or organise new health legalisations in the UK, the public health sector is for you.
What to do now? For more information on the issues
public health is facing today, go to:
www.gov.uk/government/ topics/public-health
Each university will have more specific information about the different degrees offered in the field of public health, one being the Masters in Public Health (MPH). An easy search tool for finding more about careers in the public health sector would be:
www.postgrad.com
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