Health
Serve on the front lines of global health. Health Volunteers work within their communities to promote important topics such as nutrition, maternal and child health, basic hygiene, and water sanitation. Volunteers also work in HIV/AIDS education and prevention programs to train youth as peer educators, develop appropriate education strategies, provide support to children orphaned by the pandemic, and create programs that provide emotional and financial support to families and communities affected by the disease.
If you choose Health, take 3 courses from the following options:
Build 50 hours of related experience through an activity such as:
- Volunteer or work experience in such areas as HIV/AIDS outreach, hospice, family planning counseling, emergency medical technician (EMT) or CPR teaching/certification, maternal health, and hands-on caregiving in a hospital, clinic, or lab technician setting
- Counseling or teaching in health subjects
- Working as a resident advisor in a dormitory, as a peer nutritionist, or as a sexually transmitted infections counselor
- Significant experience in mechanical repairs, construction, carpentry, masonry, plumbing, hydrology, or set design
Example opportunities that have been posted in Handshake:
*These are just examples, you may choose another related experience. Speak with your PC Prep Coach.
- SBU: Camp Kesem Volunteer
- SBU: Center for Prevention & Outreach Peer Health Educator Internship
- SBU: Center for Prevention & Outreach Green Dot Bystander Intervention Training
- SBUMC: Emergency Department Internship
- SBUMC: University Hospital Volunteer Program
- SBUMC: Veterans’ Home Volunteer Program
- SBUMC: Geriatric Internship
- Area: Huntington Breast Action Coalition Student Mentor
- Area: Family Residences & Essential Enterprises Direct Support Professional
- Area: Options for Community Living Internship
- Area: NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Public Health Internship