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Teen Newsletter: July 2020 ¨C Your Future in Public Health
Due to ongoing concerns about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the David J. Sencer ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Museum is closed to the public. As you all know, we made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Museum Disease Detective Camps due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Seeing public health in your future? Believe it or not, many public health professionals do not have a linear career pathway. Not everyone at the ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø works in a lab. Not everyone at ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø is a scientist. ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø staff come from diverse educational backgrounds—some used to be photographers, members of the military, librarians, teachers, and more. Many pathways can all lead to a career in public health, so if you are interested in pursuing public health, you have many options!
Below you will find videos that are a part of the series, where different ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍøers talk about their jobs and how they got where they are.
Glossary of Degrees
Glossary of Degrees
BS
BS
Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
BA
BA
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
MPH
MPH
Master of Public Health
Master of Public Health
MHA
MHA
Master of Health Administration
Master of Health Administration
MS
MS
Master of Science
Master of Science
MHS
MHS
Master of Health Sciences
Master of Health Sciences
Undergraduate: You do not need to major in public health to apply for graduate level degrees. However, some universities and schools accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health () offer a BS and/or BA in public health.
Graduate: The most common graduate degree is the MPH. Others include MHA, MS, and MHS.
. Here is an . It lists CEPH-accredited schools along with very detailed areas of study.
Click an area of study to learn more about it!
During the June Zoom tour, you saw a photo of Typhoid Mary’s carrier card that will be displayed in the temporary Typhoid Land exhibit. Remember– it will be on display in the Lobby Gallery that currently houses Climate + Health. But who was Typhoid Mary? And what is a carrier card?
Mary Mallon, otherwise known as Typhoid Mary, was born in Ireland in 1869 and emigrated to the U.S. in the early 1880s. She was a cook in the New York City area in the early 1900s. Mallon was a healthy carrier of Salmonella typhi. As a result, she was unknowingly spreading typhoid fever to those around her, leaving many of them ill and unsure of the source of the disease. She was taken into custody in 1907 by local health officials when evidence showed that a number of typhoid cases in the area could be traced to kitchens where she worked. She was quarantined for three years in a cottage on North Brother Island, an island in New York City’s East River. She was released in 1910 on the condition that she never again work as a cook.
A carrier card back then was a record of an asymptomatic disease that one had (carried), so Typhoid Mary had to have Salmonella typhi indicated on her carrier card.
About 5 years later, officials found that typhoid outbreaks were again traceable to kitchens where Mallon worked. She was then detained on North Brother Island until her death in 1938.
Want to learn more?
Check out the articles below.
This one makes connections to current events:
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This one talks about North Brother Island, which is now a NY state park:
Here is more information about typhoid fever from the ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø.
Stay tuned for more “Out of the ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Museum Collection” in the ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Museum Public Health Academy Teen Newsletter.
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July 2020
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