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Public health is the science and the art of preventing illness and disability, prolonging life, and promoting health and efficiency through organized community efforts for the sanitation of the environment, the control of infectious and non-infectious diseases as well as injuries, the education of the individual in principles of personal hygiene, the organization of services for the diagnosis and treatment of disease and for rehabilitation, and the development of the social machinery that will ensure to every individual in the community a standard of living adequate for the maintenance of health.

Bachelor in Public health is a program worth 147 credit hours, under the Faculty of Science and Technology. Public health professionals analyze the effect on health of genetics, personal choice and the environment in order to develop programs that protect the health of our family and community. They try to prevent problems from happening or reoccurring through implementing educational programs, developing policies, administering services, and conducting research, in contrast to clinical professionals, such as doctors and nurses, who focus primarily on treating individuals after they become sick or injured.

Overall public health is concerned with protecting the health of entire populations. These populations can be as small as local neighborhood, or as big as an entire country. It is also a field that is concerned with limiting health disparities and a large part of public health is the fight for health care equality, quality, and accessibility.

Why pursue a career in public health?

• Public health is an exciting and growing field of study. The field challenges its professionals to confront complex health issues, such as improving access to health care, controlling infectious disease, and reducing environmental hazards, violence, substance abuse, and injury.
• Public health is a diverse and dynamic field. Public health professionals come from varying educational backgrounds and can specialize in an array of fields. A host of specialists, including teachers, journalists, researchers, administrators, environmentalists, demographers, social workers, laboratory scientists, and attorneys, work to protect the health of the public.
• Public health is a field geared toward serving others. Public health professionals serve local, national, and international communities. They are leaders who meet the many exciting challenges in protecting the public’s health today and in the future.
• Public health is a rewarding field. The field of public health offers great personal fulfillment working towards improving people’s health and well being is a rewarding day’s work.

Who should consider a degree in public health?

Public health is a field that offers an abundance of job opportunities to suit a variety of interests and skills. Whether you are interested in crunching numbers, conducting research, or working with people, there is a place for you in the field of public health. Recent college graduates and those that have been in the field for years have something to offer and to gain in this field. Public health is ideal for those that gain satisfaction knowing that they are working to improve the lives of others.

Where do public health professionals work?

Public health professionals work in both public and private sectors. Many public health graduates will find work in the public sector in local, or government health departments. The jobs available at health departments range from Food Safety Inspectors to Health Educators; from policy analysts to Epidemiologists. Others public health professionals will find work as researchers.

Those interested in working for a non-profit organization can find jobs in health advocacy, policy, or research for organizations such as the Nepal Cancer Society, the Red Cross, or a local non-profit that focuses on specific health issues. Still other public health professionals will find work in the private sector, working in pharmaceutical or health insurance companies.