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Pathways Internship Work Topic & Location ​​

Where Do Interns Work and What Do They Do? 

​Four young diverse interns smiling

The California Pathways into Public Health (Pathways) Internship Program partners with a variety of California local county and city health departments to host interns. 

​The list of local health departments (LHDs) that apply to host an intern changes each semester. Applicants will be able to select their preferred local health departments from the available options on the supplemental application. 

LHDs that have previously applied to be host sites for the Pathways Internship Program:

  • ​Alameda 
  • Amador
  • Berkeley
  • Butte 
  • Contra Costa
  • Del Norte
  • El Dorado 
  • Imperial 
  • Kern
  • Long Beach 
  • Los Angeles 
  • Madera 
  • Marin 
  • Merced 
  • Modoc​​
  • Monterey
  • Napa 
  • Pasadena
  • Plumas
  • Riverside 
  • Sacramento 
  • San Bernardino 
  • San Diego 
  • San Francisco
  • San Joaquin
  • San Luis Obispo

  • ​​​San Mateo
  • Santa Barbara
  • Santa Clara 
  • Santa Cruz
  • Shasta
  • Sierra
  • Solano 
  • Sonoma​​
  • Stanislaus
  • Sutter
  • Tehama
  • Tulare 
  • Yolo
  • Ventura 

Interns work in a variety of subject areas, depending on the needs of the local health department and the interests of the intern.  

 Previous interns have worked in the following public health areas:

  • Chronic Disease
  • Chronic Disease - Diabetes Prevention
  • Communicable Disease Prevention & Control
  • Communicable Diseases – TB, COVID-19
  • Community Health
  • Disability Programs
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Environmental Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Health Equity
  • Health Promotion
  • Immunization
  • Lead Poisoning Prevention​
  • Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health 
  • Mental Health/Behavioral Health
  • Nutrition/Food Security
  • Planning, Evaluation & Policy
  • Reproductive Health
  • Sexual Health
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections 
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Tobacco Prevention and Education 
  • & More!
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