Entry-level positions for aspiring Public Health Professionals Los Angeles County Public Health
Entry-level positions in public health for undergraduates include "student worker" or "student professional worker" roles; Fabiola's experience as a student professional worker in the injury and violence prevention department provided invaluable exposure to the field, ultimately shaping their career path.
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Fabiola Chavez
Public Health Investigation Manager
LA County Public Health
Cal State Northridge , 2004
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1. Entry-level positions such as student worker or student professional worker are available for high school or undergraduate students interested in public health.
2. These entry-level roles provide exposure to various departments within public health, allowing students to explore different career paths and learn about the field.
3. Working as a student professional worker can lead to discovering a specific area of interest within public health, such as injury and violence prevention, potentially shaping one's career path.
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What entry-level positions are there in this field that an undergraduate college student might consider?
An entry-level position an undergraduate student may consider is called a student worker or a student professional worker. There are two types.
A student worker is for a high school student interested in getting into the health department at an early age. A student professional worker is for an undergraduate student who is attending school and wants to work within the department.
With a student professional worker role, you can work in any department within public health. I did that, and that's where I learned about the different departments. For example, I worked in the injury and violence prevention department for public health, where we focused on issues regarding violence and gun violence.
That was a very good eye-opener for me because I learned about all the departments within public health. That's also where I learned about the department I worked for and met two individuals employed there. That's how I was exposed to this department and learned about it.
And that's how I got into this field. So, I would say that's how I got exposed to it, pretty much.
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