The Public Health minor integrates key aspects of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, communities and individuals. Students who choose to augment their major by adding the public health minor increase their awareness of emerging issues in public health, the social and behavioral aspects of preventing disease, environmental health concepts, the changing U.S. health care system and the monitoring of diseases in the community through applied public health research.

The Health and Technologies and Informatics minor provides students with knowledge and skills in public health and information technology. Students who are interested in public health face new challenges and opportunities with technology. Conversely, students in other fields related to technology are often presented with challenges and opportunities related to public health.

The Health Services Administration minor is intended for students that have a strong interest in concepts related to the management, ethics and practice of the administration of health services. Students complete a series of specific courses designed to enhance their knowledge in the area of health services, as well as courses geared for professional practice.

The minor will augment students' study in a variety of majors including, but not limited to, business, communications, nursing, psychology, sociology, public health and health and human services.

The Environmental Health Sciences for Non-Natural Science Majors minor is intended for students who have a strong interest or curricular focus in a natural science major. The minor provides students with foundational concepts in environmental health as it relates to the broad field of public health.

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The Environmental Health Sciences for Natural Science Majors minor is intended for students who have a strong interest or curricular focus in a natural science major. This includes students in a variety of majors including, but not limited to, biology, chemistry, geology, geography, physics, botany and zoology. The minor provides students with foundational concepts in environmental health as it relates to the broad field of public health.

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Yi Hong, Ph.D.

Dr. Hong has been an adjunct instructor in Kent State’s iSchool since 2018. In addition to teaching, Dr. Hong works as an Integration Data Architect in a health data analytics company. She has over 20 years of practical experience working with health data to improve outcomes and efficiency of healthcare through data modeling and analysis, data transformation and standardized terminology services. She has enjoyed sharing her extensive experience with students in iSchools.