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.

Friday, March 29, 2013

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            My example of public health is of a recycling bin in a classroom of the pharmacy building on campus. This recycling bin is an example of public health because it promotes people recycling plastic bottles rather than throwing them away in a regular trashcan. Recycling is a tool to help our environment, and thus an example of public health.
            I chose this example of a recycling bin, because I think they are a great and inexpensive way to help our school campus move forward with cleaning up our environment and furthermore, our planet. It is important for others to consider this an example of public health because it helps our surrounding living situation by conserving energy and saving landfill space. Recycling plastic bottles reduces the amount of energy it takes to create the plastic itself. You don’t even need to go out of your way in order to do good for our environment- just simply throw your bottle in the green bin on campus rather than the black one. 

By: Meagan Will


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