I may be able to apply for nursing school as early as this fall. Yay! Can you help me come up with some resources to help guide me through the application process and assess the merits of different programs?
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posted by ActionPopulated
on Jan 29, 2013 -
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Job/grad school planning filter: health-related jobs editions. Nursing, public health, social work, or something else entirely? Help me narrow my options and get myself on a better career trajectory.
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posted by ActionPopulated
on Oct 1, 2012 -
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Which field should I pursue--information architecture or public health program evaluation? Two very different directions, and I'm not sure how to decide between them for graduate school and my career path.
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posted by oiseau
on Aug 26, 2012 -
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I'm interested in psychology, public health, and aging. Who should I be following on Twitter?
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posted by leedly
on Jul 27, 2012 -
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Advice needed on potential career paths in the public health field: how to decide between a financially lucrative offer and holding out for potentially getting another job to do "good" for society? Way too much detail inside:
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posted by moshimosh
on Jun 20, 2012 -
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How likely am I to catch an upper-respiratory illness through strictly oral/gastrointestinal means (like sharing utensils, etc.)?
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posted by Bardolph
on Jun 18, 2012 -
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Where can I find interesting papers, discussions, blog posts, etc. about the disparity between benefits to personal health and population health when it comes to medical interventions and the ethical implications therein?
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posted by greatgefilte
on Nov 22, 2011 -
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I really like Atul Gawande's book "Better" as well as his article "Letting Go" - in general, topics about systems innovations in health care, especially end-of-life care. Anything else I should read?
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posted by leedly
on Nov 17, 2011 -
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"Research Utilization" in the context of Public Health and prevention programming--what does it mean exactly?
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posted by Stewriffic
on May 18, 2011 -
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I want to create a Yelp-like, community-editable local search directory of resources available to the poor and homeless in my city. What CMS do I use?
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posted by The White Hat
on May 9, 2011 -
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Should I go to Yale or Columbia to get my MPH? I'm already in NYC, but I'm hearing unhappy rumblings from students at Columbia.
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posted by reren
on Apr 10, 2011 -
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Help me find a career path or course of study that combines the topic I'm interested in (obesity and public health) with the methods I enjoy (applied math and computer science).
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posted by telegraph
on Jul 12, 2010 -
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Prompted by
this comment, I'm here to ask what the deal is with
"calories" as a measure of "nutritional content" (whatever that means). I understand that the calorie value we see on food packaging is arrived at by burning the food in a calorimeter, and that this would be an effective measure of the total chemical energy in the substance. How well does this actually approximate the energy our body can put to use (mechanically, or for other biological processes)? Isn't this measure essentially useless for people trying to lose weight? Why do we put so much emphasis on it then? Are there some foods which have an astronomical number of calories which our digestive systems can do little with?
posted by phrontist
on Mar 27, 2010 -
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I'm sure Kaiser Permanente and other major HMOs have plans related to a potential pandemic, and how they would try to protect their customers' health and/or minimize financial losses. Have the plans themselves been published or leaked? Has anything summarizing those plans been published anywhere?
posted by salvia
on Apr 29, 2009 -
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Any recommendations for (preferably) online Public Health Journals, Communities, or Blogs?
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posted by rosswald
on Dec 11, 2008 -
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I am an anthropology senior, and I'm applying to various schools of public health. How do I make my graduate school application the perfect application?
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posted by palindromic
on Oct 9, 2008 -
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How to evaluate and apply to public health graduate programs, when my own career goals are so difficult to pin down? I find it difficult to choose a topical area of interest
(i.e. substance abuse), a specialization
(substance abuse government policies, the epidemiology of substance abuse, community education and prevention of substance abuse), and a general career track (professional vs academic).
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 22, 2008 -
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Where can i find free municipal NYC condoms in bars or locations in the city or in Brooklyn that are placed abundantly and in discreet locations?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 22, 2008 -
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My girlfriend is starting a master's public health program next fall and she's looking for funding.
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posted by stratastar
on May 21, 2006 -
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