She organized the public health component of child services, developing local public health outreach, immunization, early intervention, assessment, and service coordination programs for children. Feldman believes that the specialties of pediatrics and public health are a natural fit. That is the goal of pediatrics, too. Pediatricians do more well exams than any other medical specialty. We are active not only in prevention, for example, immunizations, but also in health education.
Early intervention is a common concept for both public health and pediatrics.
Currently, Feldman wants to complete a major survey of the district population on their concerns about major health problems and risks in the region. In turn, she wants to be able to present those beliefs in a statistically reporting format. That is only one of the projects she will be able to complete once she has saturated herself in the topics taught in epidemiology, biostatistics, and other departments at the school. The Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education should be able to give her additional tools to meet her most challenging assignment, to coordinate community involvement in the region. She'll be looking for answers, too, on how to make the most of resources in a district that has high rates of stroke and cardiovascular disease.