Science Olympiad: A Dynamic Multifaceted Study

Mass media is doing a "great" job in this regard already. What I want to achieve is to make you realize that if you care about your health you cannot rely solely on the health professionals. Their objective is to try to fight health issues that are already in progress.

My interest for science blossomed as a child, my mom is a lab technician and going to her job and seeing them learn all these astonishing things about a person from a simple tube of blood blew me away. In middle school I went to a STEM school, The Academy for Science and Design in order to allow that passion to grow, and from there I have participated in multiple science related research projects that I have been able to bring with me to national level competitions. In addition, in high school I am taking AP level science classes, such as AP Biology, in order to expand my knowledge. Soon I plan on starting to volunteer at the community hospital for an opportunity to gain real world experience in the scientific field. The thing I take most pride

Mass media is one of the main approaches used in health promotion and its lack of success may be due to its oversimplification or segmented view of health and well-being.

Health in the Media: Using the Models of Health to Assess Media Articles about Health Topics

It all started in the 4th grade. That’s when I knew that being in the medical field is what I’ve always wanted to do. This day, my 4th grade teacher gave us an assignment while learning science. We were specifically learning about the heart and it’s 4 chambers. This subject, I remember, was so captivating and fascinating for me. I soaked in all the information I got from this class extremely easily. It was unlike any of the other classes that I have taken thus far. Math, literature and history were not subjects that I thought were very interesting for me but science was something that I especially excelled in. As the years went by I learned that I was especially had an interest in forensics. The ability to see the open body one-on-one in the fashion that forensics get to have contact with a body was more than interesting for me. So at the age of 12, I decided that forensics was what I was gonna put my mind to.

We as a class were given a variety of health subjects to choose from to undertake a research project that counted as a huge part of our grades. I picked the study of epidemiology to be the area I would focus on extensively for the next three months of that semester. This obviously meant that I had to read and learn a couple of books to get a clear idea of how I was going to present my idea and findings. As I read through some of these books, I really became intrigued. The aspects of global health issues, biostatistics and health policies to name a few really jolted me into considering this area of study as a potential future career choice, as oppose as to just a research project. I was really fascinated as I read and came across the range of issues that public health officials such as epidemiologists had to solve or were in the process of solving in inventive ways. I obtained a crucial but very methodical understanding of the very issues that is being faced in the world of health care today. Ever since this class came and went, I have been highly focused on public health issues through other classes and

Those with the most status, power, and wealth (often the individuals at the fore of epidemiologic research) are those who are tasked with the responsibility of setting cognitive attention and disattention to concerns. It is the attention of the privileged that determines what is or is not a health concern—those with correct credentials and markers of status are afforded also the privilege of scientifically naming or calling to attention natural and biological phenomena as a series of phenomena worth narrativizing and attending to). Thus, the ability to interpret external stimuli within this framework of science constitutes, as well, a certain level of status and privilege—the wealth to attain a degree, for instance. However individuals not as well versed in epidemiologic jargon and the reality par excellence of the scientist have the ability to leverage social capital, using charisma and emotion to generate productive levels of moral-panic. This, in turn, coupled with large numbers, emotional capital, and mobilization of emergency-based rhetoric works to the advantage of

Synnot. A (affiliated with Centre for Health Communication and Participation, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University) cited a research study in

The purpose of this Journal entry is to create a situation analysis to help demonstrate understanding of a target audience for my communication campaign, associated with my MA-COM program concentration. In addition, I will choose a very important public and identify five facts or insights about this public that are specifically relevant for visual communication content creators, and five companion best practices for a communication professional who would be creating visuals with this audience in mind. My concentration for my MA-Com program is in health communication, and for Milestone three of my final project I am to pick one of three professional scenarios which match my chosen MA concentration. The scenario I have chosen will be

As a result, disease becomes represented and associated with particular ethnic groups. The media is the main source of information

When I was in fourth grade we had to read this book that was based in North Carolina, during World War two and when kids at a young age were getting polio and dying. The book named Blue, sparked the interest of being in the medical field. Also, knowing that I could do something great like starting an emergency hospital in just three days so they could put all of the sick and helpless children in one place. Blue is the reason why I am going to go into the medical field instead of choosing a different path.

I learned about RSI through the Science Olympiad forums. I had just returned from a ten-day research trip in Costa Rica, and was looking for a longer summer research program. A Science Olympiad alumni and former Rickoid recommended RSI, describing it as the best six weeks of his life. What he described was exactly what I was looking for: an opportunity to experience the entire research process with others who loved science as much as I do.

What experiences (volunteer or paid) contributed to your interest in the field of public health?

The media is well known for relaying information to other people. The people who relay the information may not be completely educated on the topic they are reporting. Some of the type of components the reporters of the media try to relay to the rest of the world is medical cases. Sometimes, they oversimplify their findings and do not give sufficient evidence to their audience. On the other hand, other reporters of the media are able to adequately inform their audience.

One accomplishment that took an abounded amount of time and effort was placing second nationwide in Science Olympiad. Science Olympiad is a prime example of dedication. In this club students, including myself, practice every day after school from the time school ends to 5:30 sometimes to 6:30 where you work non-stop on your 'events' that pertain to various scientific topics, to become the best in the nations. So much determination is built up from the time that you put into your event that you are motivated to see the end result, and see what you have built or studied pay off by placing first in your event. Even when you thought that things go wrong or your build breaks you do not tend to give up, if anything it pushes you to fix it and prevent