Open Conference Systems, Undergraduate Conference (UC) 2022

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EXPLORING ENGLISH TO SUPPORT THE SKILLS OF PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS
DAFA PABERTIYAN

Last modified: 2022-07-22

Abstract


Public Health is a field of science that studies about improving the quality
of public health and prevention related to humans, the environment and disease.
Public Health Sciences takes actions aimed at promotive (improvement) and
preventive (prevention) of sick people from getting sick. Learning English is an
important asset for health workers, one of which is public health workers. The
ability to communicate using English is used as an opportunity to develop and
improve skills to answer various challenges in their professional world.

English in public health is oriented towards general English which includes both
the main skills, namely listening, speaking, reading and writing; with sub-skills
namely pronunciation, vocabulary. The application of English is important for
public health workers, it is hoped that public health workers can apply skills in
communicating well in providing services to patients who are foreign nationals or
guests from world health institutions

 

 


Keywords


English, Skill, Public Health