Description
Caring for the health of our Airmen also means helping preclude illness before it can affect our community. Public Health Officers apply public health, preventive medicine, and medical entomology knowledge, techniques, and skills to promote health and reduce the incidence of communicable/zoonotic/vector-borne diseases, occupational and environmental illnesses and injuries, food-borne diseases, and disease and non-battle injuries while in-garrison and deployed. Public Health Officers constantly monitor conditions and potential health threats. These specialists promote public health through epidemiological surveillance of health and disease trends in populations, as well as monitoring food safety practices, and sanitation levels in public and food service facilities.
Core Skills
- epidemiological data collection and analysis
- public health surveillance
- risk assessment and mitigation
- program planning and evaluation
- policy implementation and compliance
- health education and communication
- incident response and outbreak management
- environmental and occupational health assessment
- data reporting and dashboard interpretation
- interdisciplinary and interagency coordination
Common Certifications
- Certified in Public Health (CPH)
- Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES)
- Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
- Certified in Infection Control (CIC)
- OSHA 30-Hour General Industry Certification
- HIPAA Compliance Training
- Joint Commission Accreditation Training
Civilian Career Paths
- PUBLIC HEALTH
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- TRAINING AND EDUCATION
- ADMINISTRATION
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Data sourced from official Air Force publications and public military occupational references. Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.