Short on community health workers, a county trains teens as youth ambassadors

Bithaniya Fieseha, a high school senior, graduates from the Youth Public Health Ambassador program run by the Fairfax County Health Department at West Springfield High School in Fairfax County, Va.

In Fairfax County, Va., the health department is training high school students to become health ambassadors in underserved communities and get a leg up on future careers in public health.

(Image credit: Will Schermerhorn/Fairfax County Health Department)

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