Public Health Students

Greetings, My name is Sean G. Clark a Senior Biology major with a minor concentration in Public Health sciences at Morehouse College. This blog is designed to inform, and raise general awareness of Public Health issues for undergraduate students interested in pursing Public Health studies. Areas include Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Behaviors,Health Education and Environmental health just to name a few. Additionally this blog serves to provide information on Public Health research, internships, and volunteering opportunities.


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A video from the Public Health MECCA, aka the CDC(Centers for Disease Control) This video is on a most common practice that we can all benefit from that will help prevent the spread of illnesses. WASH YOUR HANDS!!

“Hand Hygiene Saves Lives”

Each year in the United States, patients get more than a million infections in the hospital while being treated for something else. The best way to help prevent infection is to practice proper hand hygiene. Hand Hygiene Saves Lives shows how patients can play an active role in reminding healthcare providers to practice hand hygiene in hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

(source: http://www.cdc.gov/cdctv/ )

(Video link: www.cdc.gov/CDCTV/HandHygiene )


More about my interest in Public Health

 I grew up in the home of Dentist as a child. Needless to say, my interest in public health stems from the exposure I had at a younger age to dental health care. From projects in middle school to my senior project in high school, I would always stress the importance of dental health. Early in my undergraduate career I was exposed to public health sciences during and Intro to Public Health course. It was here that I gained an interest in Epidemiology. I saw Epidemiology as being an effective tool because it didn’t focus on treating the individual but rather the whole population through preventative methods. To combine both Dentistry and Epidemiology, I thought, sounds like a great career to pursue. According to the CDC, of the 160,000 Dentist practicing in the United states only an alarming 600 serve in the public health capacity. It was then that I had finally found my niche. Having the ability to treat individuals as welll as the ability to target specific populations stimulated my interest in Dental Epidemiology. I am currently working on applying to Dental schools here in the United States who offer a Doctorate of Dental Surgery as well as MPH in Epidemiology. So far, schools Ive come into contact with are the University of Michigan, Meharry, UNC, and UPENN.  As we all continue to pursue our goals I encourage you all to find your niche in all things that you pursue. More to come..


Volunteer at Piedmont Park

For the Environmentalist in you! Piedmont park has daily volunteer green jobs!

Piedmont Park Conservancy


What is a Public Health Student?

Even with healthcare and modern technology, disease and illness still run rampant worldwide. Are we misinformed on the issues?, mislead? or simply unaware. Whatever the case may be something must be done. One might ask, what is public health? As a student who has only begun to immerse himself in Public Health studies, for me, public health is the Art of Preserving life through means of prevention, organization, and participation of those to whom it most concerns, THE PUBLIC. Health issues ranging from disease to the overall quality of life in the world community are key components of Public Health. As a student of this discipline it is important to serve the community in a capacity that serves as catalyst for positive change in regards to the health of the public. So what is a Public Health Student? He or She is one who realizes the critical importance of life, lifestyles, and the impact it has on the world community in which we all share. More to come..  

S.Clark


This is Public Health

This is Public Health