{"id":259,"date":"2021-01-14T10:14:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T15:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep-draft\/?page_id=259"},"modified":"2021-02-02T10:42:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T15:42:30","slug":"health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep\/what-volunteers-do\/health\/","title":{"rendered":"Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero  \"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1996\/Health-Hero.jpg);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"feature-caption\">Photo Courtesy: \u00a9 Peace Corps, Nepal, Health<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>If you choose Health, take three courses from one of the following areas<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Nursing<\/li><li>Nutrition or Dietetics<\/li><li>Health Studies<\/li><li>Pharmacy<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Biology<\/li><li>Environmental or Biomedical Engineering<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>And build 50 hours of&nbsp;related&nbsp;field experience through an activity such as<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>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<\/li><li>Counseling or teaching in health subjects<\/li><li>Working as a resident advisor in a dormitory, as a peer nutritionist, or as a sexually transmitted infections counselor<\/li><li>Significant experience in mechanical repairs, construction, carpentry, masonry, plumbing, hydrology, or set design<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacecorps.gov\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1996\/Peace_Corps_Logo_Banner_CMYK.png\" alt=\"Peace Corps Logo with dove graphic and organization name\" class=\"wp-image-641\" width=\"250\" height=\"46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1996\/Peace_Corps_Logo_Banner_CMYK.png 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1996\/Peace_Corps_Logo_Banner_CMYK-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1996\/Peace_Corps_Logo_Banner_CMYK-364x67.png 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Courtesy: \u00a9 Peace Corps, Nepal, Health Health Volunteers work within their communities to promote important topics such as nutrition, maternal and child health, basic hygiene, and water sanitation. 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