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* [http://www.fightthebite.net/publiceducation/whatisavector.php What is a Vector?] | * [http://www.fightthebite.net/publiceducation/whatisavector.php What is a Vector?] | ||
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![]() | Public Health requires prior counselor approval for requirement(s) #5 and 7. |
Public Health merit badge | ||
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Status: | Elective | |
Created: | 1911 | |
Discontinued: | no | |
BSA Advancement ID: | 089 | |
Requirements revision: | 2006 | |
Latest pamphlet revision: | 2008 |
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“ | The field of public health deals with maintaining and monitoring the health of communities, and with the detection, cure, and prevention of health risks and diseases. Although public health is generally seen as a community-oriented service, it actually starts with the individual. From a single individual to the family unit to the smallest isolated rural town to the worldwide global community, one person can influence the health of many. | ” |
Public Health is one of the elective merit badges for the William T. Hornaday awards for Boy Scouts. The Public Health merit badge was one of the original 57 merit badges issued by the Boy Scouts of America in 1911.
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- The BSA Health Care Troop Program Feature offers meeting and activity plans to include Public Health as one of your monthly themes.
- Public Health is a rare merit badge!
Requirement resources
The Troop Health Care Monthly Theme includes meeting and activity materials.
Related awards
Emergency Preparedness-related awards
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See also
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General Merit Badge information
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External links
- Vaccinations for Children, Why and When
- National Vaccine Information Center Promoting Informed Consent about Vaccination
- What is a Vector?