Public health careers offer something for everyone
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Public Health Nursing is a specialized form of registered nursing that combines nursing and public health principles.
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Environmental health includes a wide range of science skills.
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Health administration incorporates business and management skills.
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Health education involves skills required to develop community-wide prevention programs.
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Health policy includes an understanding of law-making processes.
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Epidemiology and biostatistics involve mathematics and modeling.
The Public Health degree program here at Fort Lewis is composed of a core of courses that covers a basic public health curriculum, and additional courses that give students the ability to pursue areas of interest to them. These areas include a public health practice track that helps student learn how to develop, implement, and assess public health related programs; an allied health track intended for those students interested in pursuing a nursing program following graduation; a media track that will enable a student to learn how to disburse public health information through a variety of media outlets; a psychosocial track that includes health psychology, sociology, and anthropology; and a Native American Health track that focuses on health issues and practices related specifically to Native American communities. Each track culminates in a public health service learning opportunity.