Public Health Merit Badge and Health Care Professions Merit Badge

Health Care Professions and Public Health Merit Badges

Explore the different types of the healthcare fields and professions with the Health Care Professions Merit Badge. Scouts will learn how professionals in different health care fields work together to keep people healthy. The Health Care Professions Merit Badge generates excitement for a possible career in the healthcare industry.

The field of public health deals with maintaining and monitoring the health of communities, and with the detection, cure, and prevention of health risks and diseases. Although public health is generally seen as a community-oriented service, it actually starts with the individual. From a single individual to the family unit to the smallest isolated rural town to the worldwide global community, one person can influence the health of many.

Prerequisites:

Scouts should complete before attending:

1. Read
   the Public Health Merit Badge Pamphlet
2. Review the Definitions &
   Public Health Systems 
3. Bring a notebook and pencil
4. Interview a public health professional or community health worker
5. Research local public health agencies and services 
6. Observe or report on a community health issue

Prerequisites for Health Care Professions:

Questions 1-5. 

These prerequisites must be done before class!