My Experience With My Test Taking Anxiety

From this film, the key points that were mentioned about how socioeconomic backgrounds and race impact one’s health is something that is not as emphasized as it should be in the public eye. Especially how health and wealth are intertwined with each other is particularly frustrating since health should be a human right and people should receive the health they need regardless of their economic

I assume that in today’s world, there is a lot of information and scholarly research available that shows factors such as economic status, income, social situations, education, ethnicity, employment, availability of affordable housing and geographical (place where one was born and lives) conditions have a tremendous impact on the health and well-being of individuals, countries and communities (Amaro, 2014). Inequalities in health and well-being are created by social determinants and economic conditions for many in our community (Brannigan &Boss). The people that are affected the most are people with low income and minority groups here in the United States. This creates health disparities and unequal care (Brannigan &Boss). In many developing and under-developed countries, the situation is dire: lack of modern health services, illiteracy, poor economic conditions has created a cultural situation of desperation and unhealthy behaviors. Corruption by African governments is rampant. To improve the health and wellbeing of communities, we need to start thinking of how we can create a culture of health.

Test anxiety is a fairly common phenomenon in educational culture today. Research has been completed on different facets of anxiety from developing learned behavior through primary education structure to an increase in somaticized symptoms in the college setting. Many research articles discussed quantitative results and few I found truly focused on the qualitative thoughts and emotions of the students effected the most. My proposal aims to investigate the thoughts, emotions, and future behaviors of those suffering from the anxiety that plagues college students daily, especially during finals and other high-stakes testing.

The Health and Wealth connection distilled is our health will most commonly reflect from our amount of wealth. The wealthy can afford the cost of quality care and the time to take care of themselves. Within the textbook, Dimensions of Human Behavior Hutchison writes. Public health experts have long noted the association of poor clinical outcomes, in all body systems, with low income, low education, unsanitary housing, poor healthcare, on stable employment, and uncertain physical environment (Hutchison, 2015). Easily demonstrated throughout American society the rather dubious and is a somewhat perplexing phenomenon of the Health-and-Wealth connection theory. The gap between the haves and have-nots are ever expanding. Those who have the funding to pay for resources will pay to get those resources. And those who do not have sufficient funds to pay for said resources will, unfortunately, have to stand in the long lines to receive seemingly, deceptively, scarce resources.

Having a low income can lead to poor to health, because you won’t have access or opportunities for better health, such as safe homes, nutritious foods and good schools. “Income may not be the strongest risk factor for any particular disease or outcome, but it’s a risk factor for all of them.” (Krisberg, 2017)

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), “health equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to attain his or her full health potential and no one is disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances” (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2015). Satcher (2010) reports that health inequities are “systematic, avoidable, and unjust” disparities (p. 6). He also states that the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded that social conditions are the most important determinant of a person’s health. Social conditions “determine access to health services and influence lifestyle choices” (Satcher, 2010, p. 6). These determinants must be addressed in order to reduce health inequity. Inequity can be

Improving the health of the socially and economically disadvantaged is a major task. Many Americans are living with poor health because of their socioeconomic statuses and it has many negative effects on their long term health. Improving access to health care is not enough to help fix the lower death rates among low income families. Our social status in our economy has large effect on our lives including how we are able to live our lives and in tern it has large measurable effects on our health. San Antonio is no exception, in low income areas the mortality rates by diabetes are stunning and need to be changed in order to help improve the lives of so many people. In my essay I will be proposing a plan to help lower

The Health and wealth connection distilled is our health will most commonly reflect from our amount of wealth. The wealthy can afford the cost of quality care and the time to take care of them selves. Within the textbook, Dimensions of Human Behavior Hutchison writes. Public health experts have long noted the association of poor health outcomes, in all body systems, with low income, low education, unsanitary housing, in adequate healthcare, on stable employment, and unsafe physical environment (Hutchison, 2015). Easily demonstrated throughout American society the rather dubious and is somewhat perplexing phenomenon of the Health-and-Wealth connection theory. The gap between the haves and have-nots are ever expanding. Those who have the funding to pay for resources will pay to get those resources. And those who do not have adequate funding to pay for said resources will unfortunately have to stand in the long lines to receive seemingly, deceptively, scarce resources.

The information that I found to be most thought provoking form this weeks reading was regarding the income gap. According to Shi and Singh in a given geographical area the larger this income gap is, the poorer the overall health status will be of the population (Shi & Singh, 2013, p.35.). I grew up in an impoverished area where the income gap was extreme in the case of some, but in general fairly even across the board. The majority of the people I knew received healthcare through their parents private insurance or were on government subsided plans. Most received preventive care and nonpreventative care when needed, even though their families often earned a wage below the poverty line. Coming to Spokane three years ago, a city with a large

It is also clear that there is evidence that shows a great need in improving people of low-socioeconomic status health because the government has been making efforts. However, what have not been addressed are the barriers that people in low-income communities still face even with government resources. Furthermore, it is also clear that the government saw the importance of making sure that low income families had access to health care when they created Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act. While access to health care is also a very important piece to a healthy lifestyle, it also becomes counterproductive when people still continue to have a poor diet and end up having to seek medical help at some point. Giving people the chance to have a better nutrition would also help decrease the number of doctor visits for those who do seek medical attention, and for those who don’t seek medical attention it would at least keep them

Anxiety is a very common disorder when it comes to students in school. There are various types of anxiety, one common example is test taking anxiety. Test taking anxiety is a nervous feeling that students have while taking a test, and sometimes before or after taking the exam. This makes it impossible for students to do their best and to show their knowledge. When students are under stress it causes them to have physical symptoms, such as sweating or rapid breathing. Students who aren't prepared for tests, but care about doing well are also likely to have test anxiety before taking any type of test. Supporters argue standardized tests effectively measure student achievement, and opponents argue that tests are good for measuring students’ performances.

Test anxiety is a type of performance anxiety that gives you an unpleasant feeling in a situation where you feel pressured to do well. It can affect one’s body and mind, causing physical symptoms, such as sweating, a pounding heart, and rapid breathing. I realized I had test anxiety last year.

I did not always want to go into the public health field, when I was younger I was sure to be a chemist, making alternative fuels to save the planet. But, I think that idea stemmed from my aunt and uncle who make good money in that field. It was never something that I was passionate about, I just associated it with money and a nice house. Since I started my college career (at UNCG in 2012), as a chemistry major, I set myself up for failure. I wasn’t motivated, I rarely went to class, even on exam day, I was in my dorm room taking a nap. Need-less to say, after one semester I was put on academic suspension, and a month or so later, I dropped out completely. Shortly after, Sallie Mae came knocking, and I had to get a job. Target seemed

1) Determinants of health include socioeconomic status, habits and behaviours, genetics and biology, the environment, and health care1. However, the public perception of health focuses almost exclusively on health care. The media perpetuates this, and historically is good at pushing the government to take action, as seen with the Hurricane Katrina public health disaster2. Currently, the media tends to focus on Obamacare and the PPACA. This means that other aspects of public health, such as habits and behaviors, are mostly forgotten. Prevention programs are becoming more popular, but because people spend more money on insurance that tends to be the point of concern. Reminding people that there is more to public health than health care is a good start. Increasing the use of preventative health care would result in a savings of up to $4 billion3, and educating the public on this

The black report found that people of a lower social class are less likely to use health services and screening such as visiting the dentist, immunisation, family planning and antenatal care. Going to see a doctor is a more “middle class” thing to do and people who are in a lower class have a more “toughen up” attitude towards being ill. Middle and upper class people tend to spend longer with the doctors as they “speak” the same language they maybe more educated to understand the scientific terminology that the doctor uses. Lower class people may feel their lifestyles will be judged by health professionals and looked down upon, this leads to ill health left untreated and will cause it to get worse. Often poverty stricken people never get the help they need and die from an illness that could have been cured if it was treated. This leads to shorter life expectancy’s and more cases illnesses amongst the