Removing barriers to career development in public health

Career Planning in Public Health

In contrast to many other professions, prospective public heath students and particularly undergraduate students are frequently uninformed about the career opportunities available to them. 101 Careers in Public Health seeks to address this deficiency. 101 Careers in Public Health is one of the series of Springer Publishing’s 101 Careers books that includes guides for Healthcare Management, Gero...

Development of a career-orientation scale for public health nurses

Objective: The purpose of this study was to develop a career-orientation scale for public health nurses (PHNs) and to validate the scale. Methods: Self-administered questionnaires were sent to 7170 PHNs in 10 prefectures. A retest survey was sent to 252 participants. Results: The valid responses from 2003 PHNs in the first survey were analyzed for major factors by varimax rotation. The analysis...

Removing barriers to insulin use.

Patients with type 2 diabetes and their physicians are often reluctant to begin insulin therapy--despite evidence of its efficacy. Here's help in overcoming this other form of "insulin resistance."

A career in public health medicine.

Pursuing a career in veterinary public health.

Milorad Radakovic is a teaching fellow in veterinary public health (VPH) at the University of Cambridge. Here, he explains why he believes the challenges in this field of veterinary medicine make for an exciting career path. In a second article to be published in Vet Record Careers next week, he will share some of his own experiences of working in this field.