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<h3><strong>Environmental Protection (C-1)</strong></h3>
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<strong><em>"When the well's dry, we know the worth of water."</em> </strong><br /> <br />- Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790), Poor Richard's Almanac. <br /> <br />Public service employees and volunteers serve on the front lines in efforts to protect the environment. The United States Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for protecting human health and the environment. The Agency is accountable for environmental protection as it relates to various aspects of the national environment, such as: air pollution, chemicals and toxins, climate change, promoting greener living, pesticides, waste management, and water safety. Public service employees and volunteers working toward the protection of human health and the environment include administrators, biologists, conservationists, ecologists and other natural scientists. Government officials are working in the political arena to legislate environmental protection policy. Many committed individuals are donating time and effort as volunteers, to local conservation causes, toward safeguarding the future wellbeing of life on earth.<br /> <br />Environmental protection is an international issue. Cooperation is necessary from each country, and their organizations in every sector, which all have a vested interest in safeguarding the planet. In the international arena, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) was established in 1972, mandated to <em>"be the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, that promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimensions of sustainable development within the United Nations system and that serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment."</em> UNEP has offices in each world region and its priorities include assisting countries, in particular developing countries in managing responses to climate change, as well as the holistic management of the ecosystem.<br /> <br />We all have a role to play in influencing the decision-making processes, so as to ensure that adequate legal and institutional measures are put in place to support environmental protection and sustainability. Without ample legislation we run the risk of reversing our hard earned development accomplishments.
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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
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The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is a federal public health agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The agency focuses on minimizing human health risks associated with exposure to hazardous substances. It works closely with other federal, state, and local agencies; tribal governments; local communities; and healthcare providers. Its mission is to "Serve the public through responsive public health actions to promote healthy and safe environments and prevent harmful exposures
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U.S. Government
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2010
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Public Domain
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U.S. Government
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U.S. Government
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Photograph
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English
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Environment, Agency, Health and Human Services, HHS, Health, Toxic, Governments
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United States
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<h3><strong>Diversity in Public Service (D-1)</strong></h3>
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<strong><em>"If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity."</em></strong><br /> <br />- John F. Kennedy <br /> <br /> Age, economic, educational, ethnic, gender and racial diversity are important issues playing out at every level of the civic sphere. Changes in demographic characteristics of populations necessitate appropriate diversification in the public service workforce in order to build a more egalitarian society. Wherever possible, administrators in every public organization responsible for the delivery of public goods and services should ideally reflect the composition of the populations that they serve. The same applies to firefighters, and law enforcement officers and other front-line employees in the public service such as nurses, teachers, and public transportation employees.<br /> <br />Reflecting the diversity of the population in the public workforce communicates to the public that their interests are being understood because people very much like them will be the ones assisting and interacting with them regarding their concerns and applications for public service. There is a general belief that people feel most comfortable with people just like themselves and expect to be better understood by their own kind.<br /> <br />Another important reason for diversity in public service is that it imports diverse perspectives on issues and therefore diverse approaches to problem solving and conflict resolution. Diversity in public service also fosters collaboration and cooperation across the different groups that comprise the population.
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1980 - Patricia Roberts Harris, First African American Woman to Serve in the United States Cabinet
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<p>Patricia Roberts showed a drive for excellence from a young age. Raised by her mother in Illinois, she received five scholarship offers to college and chose Howard University in Washington, D.C. In 1945, she graduated summa cum laude. In 1960, Roberts graduated at the top of her class from George Washington University Law School. President John F. Kennedy selected her to co-chair the National Women’s Committee for Human Rights.</p>
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<p>In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson chose Patricia Harris to become the U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg. She was the first African American woman named as an American envoy. She said, “I feel deeply proud and grateful this President chose me to knock down this barrier, but also a little sad about being the 'first Negro woman' because it implies we were not considered before.” She also served as an alternate delegate to the 21st and 22nd General Assemblies of the United Nations.</p>
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After her diplomatic career, she served as the first African American dean of a U.S. law school, at Howard University. In the 1970s, she worked as a corporate attorney until President Jimmy Carter selected her as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. With her confirmation, she became the first African American woman to serve as a cabinet secretary. In 1980, President Carter named her the first secretary of the newly reorganized Department of Health and Human Services.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Source: <a href="https://diplomacy.state.gov/people/patricia-roberts-harris">U.S. Department of State</a>, Retrieved June 1, 2015
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Patricia Roberts Harria, African-Americans, Women, Ambassador, Luxembourg, Cabinet, HHS
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Unknown
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Roberts_Harris">Wikipedia</a>
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
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English
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<h3><strong>Public Health and Healthcare (C-2)</strong></h3>
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<p><em><strong>"We all have an obligation as citizens of this earth to leave the world a healthier, cleaner, and better place for our children and future generations."</strong></em></p>
<p>-Blythe Danner, American Actress<br /> <br />Public health focuses on protecting and improving the human condition, and prolonging life. It necessitates public investment in education, promotion of healthy lifestyles, and research for disease and injury prevention, among others. Public health agencies at both state and local levels are central to effective public health and health care systems. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), such systems involve “all public, private, and voluntary entities that contribute to the delivery of essential public health services within a jurisdiction.”</p>
<p>Elected officials and law enforcement officers play an important role in the development and regulation of public health and healthcare policy. A number of public health professionals, strive every day delivering services to protect the health of our families and communities, whether working in hospitals, nursing homes, emergency management services, schools or mental health facilities. Volunteers from charitable and philanthropic organizations also contribute a lot to ensure that public health and health care goals are met in places where resource constraints might present impediments. CDC also places emphasis on the important role of youth development organizations, recreation and arts-related organizations in supporting public health.</p>
<p>CDC has formulated a set of 10 essential public health and health care services that provide the framework for determining how well a jurisdiction is doing at assessing the performance of its system. Broadly these fit under policy development, assurance, and assessment. They include monitoring the public’s health status, investigating and diagnosing health problems, public awareness, enforcing laws and regulations that support public health and health care efforts, assuring a competent workforce, and continuous research and innovation to keep abreast of health problems.</p>
In the additional resources section to the right is a collection of related public service narratives <em>"Ask me why I care,"</em>under <em>"Tell your story." </em>They were curated by the University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Public Affairs and Community Service in a Public Service Stories Project. Project Co-Directors are Dr. Mary Hamilton and Ms. Rita Paskowitz. The collection includes videos and <a href="http://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-public-affairs-and-community-service/community-engagement/pss-health-human-services.php"><strong>Suggested Assignments for Students</strong></a>.
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John M. Woodworth, First Surgeon General
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This photograph is of John Maynard Woodworth, (1837-1879), the first Surgeon General. The position was first created in 1871 in order to head the Marine Hospital Service, which existed "for the relief of sick and disabled seamen." The first marine hospitals had inadequate funding and were politically influenced. It was the reorganization of 1870 which created a need for leadership. Given his educational and professional background (he had served significant roles such as Assistant Surgeon to the Union Army and Sanitary Inspector of the Chicago Board of Heath), Woodworth was a promising canidate.
The Marine Hospital Service underwent many changes under his leadership. Reforms included examinations for medical staff (they were previously appointed on recomendation of the Collector of Customs) and the publications of annual reports. Before his appointment, physicians served in only one facility. However, Woodworth assigned his physicians to various marine hospitals as needed, therefore creating a mobile workforce. As the organization became more involved in public health, John Woodworth helped pave the way for its development into what is now known as the Public Health Service.
Appointed in 1871, John M. Woodworth was the first Surgeon General, a position originally created to control the Marine Hospital Service. Throughout the history of our healthcare system, the role has gone through many changes, but its primary function has always been to promote health and prevent disease.
Today, the position of Surgeon General is quite proactive, educating Americans on important public health issues through public appearances, reports, and speeches. It serves an advisory function for both the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Assistant Secretary of Health, focusing on medicine, preventive health, and health policy.
Originally, Surgeons General were responsible for the administrative duties of the U.S. Public Health Service and directed many physicians, nurses, and other health professionals of the Commissioned Corps. However, reform in 1968 changed matters significantly. The Office (although not the position) of the Surgeon General was abolished, and PHS administration was delegated to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (known as the Department of Health and Human Services since 1980).
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Hermann Günther
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1865
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Source: John Maynard Woodworth. (2007, Jan 4). U.S. Department of Health & Human Service: Surgeon General. Retrieved Oct 15, 2012, from <a href="http://wayback.archive-it.org/3929/20171201191734/https://www.surgeongeneral.gov/about/previous/biowoodworth.html">http://1.usa.gov/RZQNnL</a>
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Wisconsin Historical Society
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Maynard_Woodworth_by_Hermann_G%C3%BCnther,_1865.jpg
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John Woodworth, Surgeon General, Marines, Marine Hospital, HHS
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The Reports of the Surgeon. (n.d.). U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved Oct 15, 2012 from <a href="https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/nn/feature/system">http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/retrieve/Narrative/NN/p-nid/58</a>
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U.S. Department of Health & Human Service:
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Wisconsin Historical Society
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English
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Figures
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HHS
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Marines
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