Many adults are not meeting the physical activity guidelines of 150 minutes per week. Only about 20 percent of U.S adults or one in five adults are meeting both the aerobic and muscle strengthening components of the physical ...

The history of veterinary medicine is intimately intertwined with duties to public health. This has remained true over centuries, and is becoming even more important with recent significant threats to public health. Despite ...

BACKGROUND: Baseline adult vaccinations in the United States are lower than the Healthy People 2020 goal. Literature has shown evidence that this disparity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality of common ...

The field experience described in this report took place at the Animal Protective League in Springfield, Illinois during the months of December 2016 until March 2017. The field experience involved exploring the connection ...

Foodborne illness is a common but in many calls preventable disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported over half of the foodborne illness outbreaks were associated with restaurants. In Kansas, the ...

This field experience was accomplished during an internship at the Riley County Health Department (RCHD) from October 2017 to April 2018. The internship was performed under the guidance of Andrew Adams, the Public Health ...

Rabies is a fatal viral disease that has existed since the antiquity, and is prevalent throughout the world. Wild animals contribute to the spread of this disease to humans and animals in developed nations; however, canines ...

My public health field experience was conducted in McCook, Nebraska at a corporate wellness company called the “Wellness Partners.” They are hired by other companies (which I will often refer to as employer groups or ...

Preventive medicine is crucial in maintaining the readiness of our most important resource—our people. Sustaining, and even improving, a Soldier’s health is a much wiser use of resources than waiting until that Soldier ...

The state agencies of Kansas utilize many different channels of disease reporting and disease detection. Foodborne illness oftentimes goes undetected and a foodborne illness complaint system is a method that puts the ill ...