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Outbreak at Watersedge: A Public Health Discovery Game

The need to recruit the next generation of public health professionals has never been greater. This interactive game provides a fun and challenging way to introduce students to the field of public health. Possible audiences and uses:

• High school guidance counselors or undergraduate advisors who want to guide students with an interest in science and/or health careers to explore their options for further education



• Students who want to know more about the field of public health and other health careers



• Science teachers who want to introduce students to the basic principles used to investigate disease outbreaks



• As a means for students to develop their verbal or written communication skills (e.g., draft press releases about the outbreak or stage a mock press conference), to explore laboratory processes (e.g., discuss how specimens are collected, stained, and categorized to identify the etiology of a disease), or to explore environmental health issues (e.g., how environmental contamination occurs and what steps communities can take to prevent this).