The Ohio State University College of Public Health Annual Report 2006-2007
From Meat Inspection to Cancer Prevention - Summer Practicums Offer a Variety of Experience

During Summer 2007 MPH students spread out across the Unites States and around the world to hone their skills and interests as they prepared to become the next generation of public health practitioners.

Michika Nickerson is a student in the MPH Program for Experienced Professionals (PEP). She has found that her summer practicum with the non-profit organization Road of Life: Cancer Prevention for Kids, has been an excellent way to put her health behavior and health promotion background to good use.
"The practicums give students a better sense of the tremendous skills and knowledge they pick up from their MPH program, and it gives them a first chance to see how those skills have practical applications in their careers," said Lori Bolton, CPH's assistant director of practice education and career services.

Road of Life, based in Columbus, focuses on educating children in areas of nutrition, fitness and tobacco use prevention in order to reduce their risk of developing cancer. Working with fellow MPH students Keeley Zakrzewski and Sarah Krygowski, Nickerson developed a workbook designed to help parents and caregivers teach the Road of Life curriculum to their children. The three also completed a health career handbook designed for elementary students.

"I think these experiences have really prepared me, Nickerson said. "Someday I want to direct a community health center and promote the healthy values that we focus on at Road of Life."

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