At the end of the public health placements, the scholar will:
Describe how public health can be used to identify cancer disparities and inequities.
Identify the different roles in public health and how their collaborative work can contribute to programs.
Understanding prevalence (where is your data or information sourced?) and how it may be used to inform public health programs.
Understanding how public health education is provided to the general population and how they differentiate from population to population.
Include the following frames when showing scholars your work:
Public health process questions:
How is public health organized around the state?
What models are used to make predictions? How do they decide the schedule for when someone should be screened for cancer?
Public health context questions:
Who are the people who do public health?
What are the settings where public health happens around the state?
Where along the cancer continuum are public health efforts being focused?
Who are the vulnerable populations in public health?
How do public health recommendations or cancer outcomes differ for adult and pediatric populations?
What disparities or inequities are observed in public health? (e.g., age, racial/ethnic, gender, geographic)
What advancements are you most excited about in your field? What is still needed?
How have virtual conferences and online meetings changed the way public health is done?
Example public health activities:
Attend any screening events and provide assistance to ensure the event runs smoothly.
Assisting in examining data and providing public health models to visualize data.
Attend any public health team meetings to observe the collaborative efforts and various public health roles.
Observe any cancer vaccination efforts within the community.