Tag: youth development

Investing in the Power of Youth:  Portraits of Public Health 

.Reading time 10 minutes.
Three people smiling in a portrait: a tall man with brown skin in a black beanie, blue glasses, and a T shirt that says Public Health Camp; a shorter woman with light pink skin with white hair wearing a black jacket and t-shirt; and a taller woman with curly brown hair and peachy skin wearing a black t-shirt and mustard yellow cardigan.

Last August, Public Health – Seattle & King County launched its fourth annual Public Health Camp, welcoming its largest cohort of high school and college students, between the ages of 16-21 years old, who are passionate about working in public health. For Portraits of Public Health, we talked to Debbie, Shayla, and Greg, the brain trust behind Public Health Camp, about how this event came to fruition and how our department is invested in youth and workforce development.

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Could investing in the early years be a key to the public’s health?

.Reading time 5 minutes.

The Public Health community has long looked upstream for what produces healthy individuals, families and whole communities. At its core, we understand that conditions such as housing, employment, the environment and education are the foundation of healthy communities. But what if, just as we rattle off “education” as a key building block for lifelong health, public […]

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