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Monday, 12 September 2011

From ‘No Smoking' signs to immunisation clinics, from  healthy food choices to bike paths, population health is all around us - protecting our health by safeguarding the places where we live, work, and play.

Population health plays an important role in protecting people's health and well-being and improving the conditions and behaviours that affect the health of each and every one of us. Population health fights against deadly contagious diseases and promotes healthier lifestyles. Our health is determined not only by our genes and personal choices, but also by the environment around us. Population health looks at the ecology of health - from social networks and economic circumstances to our environment - and then minimises health risks. Population health efforts allow us to save lives and improve health of people around the world.  The global world in which we live allows diseases to move rapidly from a remote village to far-away cities and countries. Poor sanitation and a lack of health resources lead to major health problems in developing countries. Obesity and increasing sedentary lifestyles lead to chronic health conditions in developed countries. Population Health focuses on preventing this unnecessary illness and death and so reducing our healthcare costs.

An exciting aspect about a career in population health is that it is constantly changing.  It continually presents new challenges and allows you to work at the cutting edge of the nation's public health issues. Some of the career opportunities in population health include  health promotion officer, health policy advisor, epidemiologist, health researcher, health project officers, health scientist, health communication specialist, health administrators and when combined with economics, health economist.

To find out more about Population Health, please visit here .

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