PUBLIC HEALTH & POLICY INTERNSHIP
Academic Credit
VOICE UP PUBLIC HEALTH PURPOSE PATHWAY INTERNSHIP
Exploring Purpose at the Intersection of People, Systems, and Health
Voice Ups early-stage model has already engaged students and emerging professionals from more than 80 universities and learning environments worldwide, contributing nearly 3,000 hours of logged purpose-driven work.
Public Health is the science of protecting and improving the health of communities. The Voice Up Public Health Purpose Pathway Internship invites undergraduate and graduate students to explore the foundational question of the field: How can purpose-driven individuals strengthen the health and well-being of populations?
Rather than focusing only on textbooks or data, students here connect their lived experiences, cultural identity, community background, and academic interests to the high-impact work of public health. This internship is designed to help students explore their emerging professional identity within a field that shapes everythingfrom disease prevention to mental health equity, environmental justice, global health security, and the social determinants of health.
This program runs on:
The Fuller Method of reflective mentoring and narrative identity development
The B Curriculum for clarity, self-discovery, and meaning-making
Voice Ups Five Core Principles
Applied, real-world public health challenges
Students leave not only with skillsbut with clarity of purpose, confidence, and a blueprint for contribution.
LEARNING GOALS
Students completing this internship will:
1. Understand Public Health as a Purpose-Oriented Discipline
Examine how public health is shaped by values, equity, compassion, prevention, and community empowerment.
2. Connect Public Health Science to Personal Values
Identify how your own life story intersects with public health needs in local and global communities.
3. Develop Critical Skills
Including health communication, mixed-methods thinking, prevention strategies, cultural humility, and systems-level problem solving.
4. Create a Purpose-Based Public Health Project
Students will design a practical micro-intervention, policy idea, behavior change concept, educational tool, or wellness strategy.
5. Craft an Identity as a Public Health Practitioner
Through narrative writing, mentor support, and reflective practice, students articulate who they are becoming within the field.
INTERNSHIP STRUCTURE (812 WEEKS)
WEEKS 12 Know Thyself: The Public Health Lens
The B Curriculum (Be Curious, Be Honest, Be Courageous)
Personal health story narrative
Fuller Method mentor conversation
Exploration of the Social Determinants of Health
Reflection: Where do I see myself in the larger health system?
WEEKS 34 Understanding Communities through Purpose
Cultural humility exercises
Environmental health challenges
Health equity analysis
Mini-literature review of a public health topic the student selects
Skill-building: Community needs scanning
WEEKS 56 Purpose in Action: Designing Solutions
Systems mapping (disease, housing, mental health, food insecurity, etc.)
Data literacy fundamentals
Designing a micro-intervention or public health solution
Mentor session: refining problem statements
Peer collaboration groups
WEEKS 78 Your Public Health Purpose Blueprint
Capstone design + written reflection
Policy brief or public health communication artifact
Contribution to the Purpose Library
Final mentor session
OPTIONAL WEEKS 912 Advanced Public Health Track
Research assistantship support
Epidemiology intro modeling
Program evaluation basics
Presentation to public health faculty or practitioners
DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES
Each student completes:
A Public Health Identity Statement
A reflective piece integrating narrative identity with professional alignment.
A Community Health Map
Visualizing how multiple determinants shape well-being.
A Behavioral Insight Brief
Applying behavioral science to a real-world health challenge.
A Purpose-Based Project Proposal
Such as:
A mental health youth engagement strategy
A campus wellness initiative
A harm reduction education prototype
A culturally responsive health communication tool
A Future Pathway Plan
Next steps for research, graduate school, fellowships, or service.
THE THREE PARTICIPATION PATHWAYS
Academic Credit
Volunteer Service
Voice Up University
All pathways receive the same quality of mentorship, access, and purpose development.
ALIGNMENT WITH PUBLIC HEALTH COMPETENCIES
This internship aligns with:
CEPH Foundational Competencies
WHO Framework for Action on Social Determinants of Health
CDC Essential Public Health Services
NASEM recommendations on the public health workforce
The internship supports early pipeline development for future epidemiologists, health educators, policy analysts, health communication specialists, and public health researchers.

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