I'm just curious what those of you going into Health Behavior/Education plan to do with your degree. I've been working in local/state governmental public health for about 7 years and I just don't see a lot of wellness type jobs. I'm not meaning to put anyone down, I have a Bachelor's degree in Health Promotion and think it is a facinating and undervalued profession. I was just curious to hear from all of you. I was also wondering if I've just totally overlooked a potential source of employment.
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Yeah, I guess you're right. Do you have a clinical background; Nursing, etc? In the places I've lived they always put an emphasis on that, but I assume it isn't the same everywhere.
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yea health promotion is huge in the east coast. More often than not, I see more health education MPH jobs than admin/epi/stats. Hence my combination of hlth ed and admin
I see health behavior/ed as a very general concentration that I'll be able to use for a variety of jobs. Every health problem has social and behavioral components and a background understanding of this can help with program planning, policy, etc. I do not plan on doing direct education or being a teacher of any sort, but knowing the basics of how people learn and how to influence people to change behavior can be used in any area of public health.
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I think when people think of "Public Health", health education is probably one of the biggest components. As SG mentioned, it's somewhat broad and can be applied to many different types of jobs out there in a variety of settings.
