{"id":2493,"date":"2021-07-13T21:09:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T21:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/?p=2493"},"modified":"2021-08-02T19:45:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T19:45:44","slug":"klabenbe-22-fountain-warren-health-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/2021\/07\/13\/klabenbe-22-fountain-warren-health-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Klabenbe ’22 – Fountain & Warren Health Department"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Andrew Klabunde ’22 —<\/em> Over the last month of my internship at the Fountain & Warren Health Department, I have learned that public health extends well beyond food safety. This internship has helped me to see that the health department plays a major role in helping the public get vaccines, installing septic systems, maintaining vital records like birth and death certificates, and much more! Beyond these, I have also learned that the health department plays a major role in event planning. As an intern, I have been given the opportunity to attend a meeting with the health department\u2019s environmentalist where I saw the behind the scenes planning of a Luke Bryan concert. From this experience, I learned there were a lot of moving parts required for the success and safety of the event. Additionally, I was later given the opportunity to attend a commissioner meeting with the health department\u2019s environmentalist where I learned about the politics behind what the health department is and is not allowed to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, my experience with the health department has been amazing! I have been given the opportunity to learn about many areas of health that I had never thought about before. Moreover, I have been able to see how many positions within the community all tie together regarding public health. As a result, seeing the health department work with many different groups has helped me understand the reality that public health is impacted by a large variety of sources. In all, it has been a truly enlightening experience so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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