Maternal health

I am motivated to pursue a career in medicine as a result of my work experience in a hospital which I thoroughly enjoyed. I am fully aware that a high level of stamina, enthusiasm and understanding of the needs both physical and emotional of a patient whilst using a non-judgemental approach are all essential. I observed the intellectual demands that come with the job and feel that I have the personal attributes to cope with these demands. In knowing my limitations I feel I will be able to cope…

undergone by individuals. Sharing or constructing narratives help individuals cope with illness. As mentioned in class, narratives become the building blocks of public knowledge. This remains a vital component of adhering to the bio-psychosocial model in health care. If healthcare professionals work to understand their patients’ narratives in order to treat them then healthcare will begin to shift away from the biomedical model and focus more on enhancing communication and understanding on all…

Society for Family Health (SFH) is one of the leading public health nongovernmental organizations in Nigeria founded in 1985. As a nonprofit organization, it is committed to selfless service to humanity especially the poor and vulnerable throughout Nigeria. It works with private and public sector to adopt social marketing and communication to improve access to essential health information, services and products to motivate the adoption of healthy behaviors. The public health organization is…

Ora is a programme funded by the Ministry of Health which provides maternal and child health services to support and facilitate health and wellbeing in family and whanau 's from birth to four years of age. Primary health care (PHC) is drawn upon the purpose to provide accessible health care and reduce negative health outcomes. Working in primary health care as a nurse requires autonomy to undertake clinical assessments, health interventions and health education particularly during home visits…

"Researchers note that among rich countries, the U.S. has the highest maternal and child death rates, homicide rates and is the only high-income country without comprehensive health care". Since our country has many more common causes of death than other high-income countries such as Monaco or Andorra, many people don't live into old age.…

Poverty is costing our country 500 billion per year in lost productivity. Year after year the lost productivity and extra health costs associated with it add up to nearly half a trillion dollars. Due to the excessive lost in productivity we can never measure are the countless innovations and discoveries that did not occur for our nation because children’s potentials were stunted…

Management Board makes it apparent to me that a master’s in public health is necessary in my career development. The strong desire to make significant mark in efforts to improve the health of my community and my nations overall population health is what is stimulating my desire to advance my education in the field of public health. It is for these reasons, I am applying to the Masters in Public Health program in the school of public health at the University of Saskatchewan. I am applying to this…

The socioeconomic condition of the family is a very important factor in child health. The physical and intellectual development of children varies with the intellectual development of children varies with the socioeconomic status of the family. Environment also affects on child’s health that is various illnesses cause like infections, accidents, infestation etc from environment. Material and Method was with a, non experimental approach was used for the present study. A cross sectional survey…

virtually from a secondary source; the national birth record database from the Center of Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health and Statistics (NCHS). Under this organizational division is the existence of the National Vital Statistics System. This organization is an inter-governmental system, working collaboratively with state health departments and collecting valid information by means of the civil registration of the United States population. As it pertains to birth data…

are saving a life, but when you are a public health personnel, you are saving thousands of life at a time’, delivered by my professor at the orientation class of undergraduate community medicine course. That introductory speech was so motivating that I thought for a while, should I be in the ‘thousands life saver’ group? But that speech alone was not sufficient to grow my interest in public health. Day by day I was feeling the importance of public health while dealing with various patients as a…