What is Public Health?

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Prevention

While clinicians work to treat patients individually when they are sick, public health prevents people from being sick in the first place. The field is focused on improving the living conditions for people around the world.

Impact

Those in public health work at the community or population level. The impact can be local or global. But no matter which population or where they are located, students make different in the lives of others.

Equity and Justice

The basis of preventing disease and impacting communities often begins with addressing the root inequities that cause health disparities. Public health professionals do just that.

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As education in public health continues to evolve well past the classroom and into professional experience, ASPPH has developed learning institutes to train future public health leaders and offers a series of continuing education programs.

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“Public health is a multidisciplinary field dedicated to achieving health equity and preventing disease by addressing the social determinants of health.”

Walae Hayek

MPH, Biostatistics & Epidemiology

“My experience working in health care inspired me to pursue a Master of Public Health. When helping patients I was exposed to the public health issues, such as barriers to accessing care, food insecurity, and housing instability, which many Oklahoman’s struggle with.”

Tate Atkinson

MPH, Health Administration and Policy

“Public health is the interdisciplinary field of study whose sole purpose is to investigate, inform, and intervene on any subject that causes harm to the health of the mass population.”

Marcus McKay Jr.

MPH, Epidemiology

“Public health means acknowledging the interconnectedness of our world and using it to address the root of the inequalities in health outcomes that we see today.”

Ashley Vaughn

MPH, Health Promotion and Health Behavior

I Heart Public Health Month

Throughout the month of February, we celebrate I ❤️ Public Health Month to highlight the important and varied role public health plays in the global community. We hope you take part in the conversation by using #I❤️PublicHealth on Instagram and #ThisIsPublicHealth on all social media platforms, following the campaign, and sharing posts.

Download I Heart Public Health Logo to access the I ❤️ Public Health graphics and join in the discussion by sharing why public health is meaningful to you. You can also purchase merchandise via our This Is Public Health Store.

Let your colleagues, friends, family, professors, staff or community know you care. Share the I ❤️ Public Health Valentine’s Day postcard with them! Click the postcard image below to download. You can find additional instructions for print size and vendors who print postcards here.