What is public health? Students in the UGA Health & Wellness class are here to help you find out! They have strategically identified examples in the Athens community that they feel represent public health in action. This blog is dedicated to explaining, understanding, and discussing what their interpretations of public health, as well as their reactions to learning about topics of health and wellness.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

This is Public Health

This is public health. It is a public hand sanitizing station at an outdoor festival in Dahlonega. It is public health because it is encouraging the many people attending to festival to keep their hands clean and keep germs away. It even includes a short hand sanitizer for children to clean their hands as well. It is important that others consider this public health because it is everyone's responsibility to keep germs off our hands, food, and each other and maintain a clean public space. I chose this example because it is very relevant and I see these dispensers often in large group setting in order to encourage sanitized environments.  

By: Cate Shafer

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