I am writing to express my interest in your public health program focusing on Community and Family Health Education (University of South Florida College of Public Health). I recently graduated from Florida Atlantic University in Spring 2017 with a BA in Sociology and a minor in Health Administration. What is attractive about the institute? Most people who pursue a career in the health field do so because they want to help others‚ but when you have a disease and want to pursue a career in heath it
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One of Schneider’s (2017) chapter titles in Introduction to Public Health explorations whether or not individuals choose their health (p. 193). This question is an excellent entry into the psychosocial and behavioral philosophies behind modern day health. There is no question that genetics and even epigenetics play a role in a person’s general health or the absence of disease‚ yet in developed countries such as the United States choice certainly plays a critical role. Equally‚ an individual’s choices
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Neighborhood News In reading the articles‚ I chose the articles regarding smoking and flu deaths to focus on and believe that both of these articles were addressing public health issues. According to “Healthy People 2020" (2012‚ November 20)‚ “Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death and disease in the United States” (Tobacco Use). With regard to a possible flu pandemic in the article regarding a possible rise in flu deaths‚ according to the “Center for Disease Control and Prevention”
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Community Health System: Community Health System is a leader in the hospital sector of the healthcare industry. The company currently manages 127 hospitals covering 20 states. It is headquartered in Franklin‚ Tennessee‚ and their common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CYH. It began publicly trading on June 9‚ 2000. Their stock can only be traded through a broker or trading service. Community Health System employees a board of directors to oversee the company’s financial
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Suppose you live in a new suburban community. It offers all the amenities and benefits of a tight-knit small community‚ with the benefits of living close to the big city. Some years pass‚ and several children and adults in the community start developing extensive and similar illnesses. You think this is clearly not a case of genetics‚ and become suspicious that something must have gone wrong in the development planning and execution of your community. You start researching and investigating possible
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secret that mental health is often dismissed and ignored by the Black community. "Depression is for White people." "Just pray about it." "There are people who have it much worse that you do." and the worst one‚ "Just think happy thoughts! :)" are all phrases that individuals struggling with anxiety‚ depression and other mental health problems are all extremely tired of hearing. The truth of the matter is‚ the stigma and refusal to talk about mental illness in the Black community is taking lives and
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Community health workers serve as the link between medical providers and their patients for minority and cultural communities. These workers are typically considered bicultural and bilingual as they are members of both the medical workforce and the specific cultural community of the patients with whom they interact. Thus‚ community health workers are able to help remedy the disconnect that clients may have with the medical system by working closely with patients in their homes and everyday community
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Health Hazards in the Homeless Community The importance of writing this paper is to bring awareness about the health hazards that the homeless community go through due to them not having the supplies or facilities to accommodate their needs to maintain their health. The homeless people are placed at a risk for diseases and other serious illnesses due to them not having access to a sanitary place or shelter or have many proper meals. In order to educate people on the importance of health risks as
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Public health nursing evolved to teach us that wellbeing needs to move outside the individual‚ to include the family and community‚ to make all of the population healthy (Truglio-Londrigan‚ & Lewenson‚ 2013‚ p. 5). Public nursing started out as district nursing‚ in England‚ where nurses transitioned from the hospital‚ to work with the sick poor in their homes. They took care of patients‚ families‚ and communities by protecting the poor from unsanitary conditions and teaching them hygienic routines
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Essay Rough Draft COM/155 March 24‚ 2013 Essay Rough Draft Today‚ everybody wants to lose weight and look better‚ but there are safe ways such as diet and exercise‚ and other ways such as high potency diet pills and gastric bypass surgery. I bring this up because I have witnessed firsthand what the difference in the weight loss methods has done to people. Some were my friends‚ and some were
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