What Can You Do With a Bachelor's in Public Health? A Case Study of Graduate Outcomes From the University of Hawai‘i
Since the development of a Bachelor of Arts in public health, a common question among prospective students, faculty, and community members has been asked: “What will students do after graduation?” While national data on graduates are abundant, community inquiries sought more detailed profiles of loc...
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author | Nelson-Hurwitz, Denise C. Tagorda, Michelle Kehl, Lisa Patil, Uday |
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description | Since the development of a Bachelor of Arts in public health, a common question among prospective students, faculty, and community members has been asked: “What will students do after graduation?” While national data on graduates are abundant, community inquiries sought more detailed profiles of local graduates. To address this need, data on 224 graduates of the Bachelors of Arts in Public Health (BAPH) degree at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa were collected through alumni outreach efforts and professional online profile searches. Data were compiled into a summary presentation and program “resume”. Findings indicated roughly 30% of BAPH graduates pursued graduate-level education and 43% were employed within a year of graduation. Employment in local NGOs and healthcare organizations was common, while bureaucratic challenges limited hiring at public agencies. A review of job titles suggested graduates were employed in program coordination or support staffing. Local program profiles, such as this one, complement national employment data. Moreover, these efforts may foster interest among prospective students and support from faculty, administrators, and employers. |
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spelling | pubmed-83809512021-08-24 What Can You Do With a Bachelor's in Public Health? A Case Study of Graduate Outcomes From the University of Hawai‘i Nelson-Hurwitz, Denise C. Tagorda, Michelle Kehl, Lisa Patil, Uday Front Public Health Public Health Since the development of a Bachelor of Arts in public health, a common question among prospective students, faculty, and community members has been asked: “What will students do after graduation?” While national data on graduates are abundant, community inquiries sought more detailed profiles of local graduates. To address this need, data on 224 graduates of the Bachelors of Arts in Public Health (BAPH) degree at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa were collected through alumni outreach efforts and professional online profile searches. Data were compiled into a summary presentation and program “resume”. Findings indicated roughly 30% of BAPH graduates pursued graduate-level education and 43% were employed within a year of graduation. Employment in local NGOs and healthcare organizations was common, while bureaucratic challenges limited hiring at public agencies. A review of job titles suggested graduates were employed in program coordination or support staffing. Local program profiles, such as this one, complement national employment data. Moreover, these efforts may foster interest among prospective students and support from faculty, administrators, and employers. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8380951/ /pubmed/34434912 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.661629 Text en Copyright © 2021 Nelson-Hurwitz, Tagorda, Kehl and Patil. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Nelson-Hurwitz, Denise C. Tagorda, Michelle Kehl, Lisa Patil, Uday What Can You Do With a Bachelor's in Public Health? A Case Study of Graduate Outcomes From the University of Hawai‘i |
title | What Can You Do With a Bachelor's in Public Health? A Case Study of Graduate Outcomes From the University of Hawai‘i |
title_full | What Can You Do With a Bachelor's in Public Health? A Case Study of Graduate Outcomes From the University of Hawai‘i |
title_fullStr | What Can You Do With a Bachelor's in Public Health? A Case Study of Graduate Outcomes From the University of Hawai‘i |
title_full_unstemmed | What Can You Do With a Bachelor's in Public Health? A Case Study of Graduate Outcomes From the University of Hawai‘i |
title_short | What Can You Do With a Bachelor's in Public Health? A Case Study of Graduate Outcomes From the University of Hawai‘i |
title_sort | what can you do with a bachelor's in public health? a case study of graduate outcomes from the university of hawai‘i |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8380951/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34434912 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.661629 |
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