About Public Health Online
Our History
Public Health Online began in early 2014 in response to what we saw as a need for a resource to serve aspiring and practicing public health professionals across all disciplines. Our vision was to provide students, parents and general readers with accurate information and resources about public health topics, careers and the post-secondary educational landscape. We want our in-depth guidebooks and degree- and subject-focused pages to help anyone interested in public health make informed decisions at every turn.
Who We Serve
In short, we serve everyone interested in public health. Many of our resources cater to current and future college students and adult learners, from people weighing a bachelor’s degree to working professionals considering an MPH or a move into a new specialty.
Public health is a broad field. Epidemiologists track disease, biostatisticians interpret the data, policy professionals shape the response, and social workers, counselors, nutritionists, and health administrators deliver services in communities and health systems. Our guides cover those paths side by side so you can compare them before you commit to a degree.
Educational Authority: A Public Health Educator’s Perspective
Most of the people who use this site are deciding whether, and where, to earn a public health degree. Faculty who design and run those programs see what prepares students for the field, and one of them has shared that perspective with our readers.
Dr. Bojana Beric-Stojsic, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Public Health and Founding Director, Online Master of Public Health Program, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Dr. Beric-Stojsic holds both an MD and a PhD in Health Education and has spent more than 28 years teaching in universities, with research focused on health promotion pedagogy and interprofessional education. She is a past president of the New Jersey Society for Public Health Education and has represented national and international professional associations (SOPHE and IUHPE) at the United Nations. She has shared her perspective on public health education with our readers in an interview.
Professional Experience: Voices From the Field
Career guides can describe a job. Each of our original specialty guides includes an interview with someone working in that field, describing the projects, the day-to-day pressures, and how they found their way in. These interviews are historical: titles reflect each person’s role as described in the interview, not necessarily their current position.
How We Research Our Guides
Public health covers a lot of ground, so we lean on the organizations that set the standards for each part of it.
Accreditation
Our program research uses the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) for public health programs, and the relevant accreditor for related fields, such as CSWE for social work and CACREP for counseling.
Salary and job outlook
Wage and growth figures come from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and we state the data period alongside them.
Licensed professions
Where a career requires a state license, as in social work, counseling, and nursing, we point you to the licensing board, because requirements vary by state.
Sponsored programs
Some schools that appear on our pages, in featured program listings and other promotions, pay for that placement. Payment doesn’t determine what our guides say about careers, degrees, or accreditation.
What You’ll Find Here
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Our Editorial Standards
Public Health Online is written and maintained by our editorial staff. Our editorial process prioritizes primary sources: CEPH and other accreditors for program accreditation, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for salary and job-outlook figures, and state licensing boards for licensed professions. We correct errors when readers point them out.
The interviews in our career guides are historical, and titles reflect each person’s role as described in the interview rather than their current position. Because requirements, tuition, and job markets change, confirm current details with the school or licensing authority before you enroll.
Everything we publish follows our editorial standards: where our facts come from, how we use AI, and how each article is fact-checked by a person before it’s published.
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