Health and Community Services

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The Department of Health and Community Services provides another wonderful example of the caliber of service activities that typify the programs in our college. Throughout the academic year, instructors of several courses involve their students in community activities that promote health and fitness. Examples of classroom involvements include nutrition fairs, environmental theatre, health and safety expos, blood drives, exercise programs, health education for migrant farm workers, and more (see their Spring 2005 newsletter (http://www.csuchico.edu/hcsv/HCSV%20Newsletter%202005.pdf ).

The BS degree in Health Science prepares students with a broad-based curriculum to pursue a number of career paths in the health field: Health occupations currently offer a tremendous variety of job possibilities with over 600 titles. The health care system employs over seven million workers, qualifying as the nation’s second largest employer. Students who choose a major in Health Science must also declare an option in Gerontology, Health Education, or Health Services Administration. All options have a required 300-hour internship in a community setting to integrate classroom learning with the realities of professional practice. Internship placements include the following:

American Cancer Society American Heart Association American Lung Association American Red Cross Better Babies Beverly Manor Big Brothers, Big Sisters Biggs-Gridley Memorial Hospital Butte County Department of Behavioral Health Butte County Office of Education Butte County Public Health Butte County Public Health, Oroville Butte Environmental Council Butte-Glenn Community College, Durham Butte Home Health and Hospice CADEC California Department of Social Services California EMS Authority, Sacramento CDF/Butte County Fire Department Campus Alcohol and Drug Education Center Catalyst Women’s Advocates CAVE, CSU Chico City of Chico Fire Department, Prevention Convenient Care Health Center Count Crest Continuing Care, Oroville Courtyard at Little Chico Creek Crestwood Convalescent Crossroads CSU Chico Student Health Center Del Norte Clinics, Inc. Del Norte Clinic, Oroville Emergency Medical Services Authority, Sacramento Emergency Services Foundation, Redding Enloe Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Enloe Diabetes Center Enloe Homecare Services Enloe Medical Center, Administration Enloe Medical Center, Emergency Services Enloe Medical Center, Materials Management Enloe Medical Center, Patient Care Services Enloe Outpatient Center Fairview Continuation High School Feather River Hospital Center for Health and Wellness, Paradise Feather River Hospital- Medical Staff Office, Paradise Feather River Hospital- Medical Records, Paradise First Responder Four Winds of Indian Education Glenn County Public Health, Willows Gridley Boys and Girls Club Immediate Care Medical Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae National Heritage Insurance Co. North State Home Health North Valley Blood Center North Valley Region Tobacco Prevention Center Northern California EMS, Redding Northern Valley Catholic Social Services Oakmont Retirement Living Facility Option Care Oroville High School, Oroville Oroville Hospital, Oroville Owens Healthcare, Redding Parent Education Network Passages Peg Taylor Center Planned Parenthood Pleasant Valley High School Prestige Assisted Living Facility, Chico Prestige Assisted Living Facility, Oroville Rape Crisis Intervention Santa Ana College Health Center, Santa Ana Shasta Community Health Dental Center, Redding Stonewall Alliance Sutter North Medical Foundation Sutter Senior Care, Sacramento Sutter-Yuba Mental Health, Yuba City TEAM Chapman Tehama County Health Dept., Red Bluff Tehama Recovery Center, Corning The Courtyard Assisted Living Facility The Terraces Twin Oaks Nursing/ Rehab Touchstone Prenatal Project UC Davis-Cancer Center, Sacramento United Healthcare Valley Oak Children’s Services Women’s Health Specialists, Chico Women’s Health Specialists, Chico Women’s Heath Specialists, Red Bluff Women, Infant, & Children Program (WIC)

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