For CPHHS alumna Julee Christianson, MPH ’14, it took a few years in the MPH program at Oregon State to find her passion. And now she’s turned that passion into a job that will undoubtedly improve the lives of others.
Tag: Health Promotion and Health Behavior
Improving your heart health may be as simple as making small behavioral changes – a new study of behavioral health interventions suggests that they are effective at helping people alter their lifestyles and lead to physical changes that could improve overall health.
In an effort to bridge athletic training and public health, the Athletic Training and Public Health Summit highlighted issues important to athletic trainers and introduced how a population approach has, or could be, used to promote preventive practices at the population level.
“I became passionate about this topic when I saw how effected these young women were who confided in me,” says Aili Johnston, who started a sexual violence awareness program for the US Forest Service after graduation. “I felt compelled to say and do something, and to stand up for those who can’t do so for themselves.”
College of Public Health and Human Sciences alumna Jenny Jackson, PhD ’15, has received the 2015 Student Leader Award from Oregon State University for her contributions to students, the community and Oregon.
To ensure the university’s students, faculty and staff are doing their part to be the healthiest they can be, the CPHHS’ Public Health Club hosted a Public Health Fair in April in conjunction with the American Public Health Association’s National Public Health Week.