What I 've Learned From This Class

Rishi Manchanda, a Doctor in South Central Los Angeles, states in his performed Ted Talk,“What makes us sick? Look upstream” that “We can all invest in making sure that we improve the allocation of resources upstream, but at the same time work together and show that we can move healthcare upstream. We can improve health where it begins.” We can work together and mirror where our health should be, not where doctors want us to be. “We simply need a healthcare system that moves beyond just looking at the symptoms that bring people into clinics, but instead actually is able to look and improve health where it begins,” Manchanda states, “And where health begins is not in the four walls of a doctor's office, but where we live and where we work, where we eat, sleep, learn and play, where we spend the majority of our lives.” Manchanda suggests that improving our health is more than just being put on a medication. Better health is improving our daily surroundings and furthering each day in a healthy way: it will make moving upstream a much easier concept.

As the rapid development of science and technology, our world is becoming a global village, people within the village can easily access to the opposite part once they can access the Internet. However, the border between geographic may be weakened while the border between culture still exists. The book Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman tells us a true story of culture shock regarding health care.

Most diseases begin with what is called "the virgin field"—a scenario in which humans have no natural or man-made immunity to the disease. To see the progress of a disease in a particular community, start by predicting how many sick days will be reported when you run the Kold disease through a medium-sized population, and record your prediction in the data table. In this first run-through, we'll assume that the population does not move around the field; they interact with their neighbors, but do not travel long distances.

This report will be investigating the various sociological perspectives on health as well as the models and definitions of health and ill health. These topics will assist in the understanding of how different people and different cultures react to ill health.

If you asked most people to describe what they consider to be the main thing affecting our countries health they would probably describe something that falls under the category of medical care when in reality this makes up only 25 percent of what determines a population’s health (Where Health Begins).The rest of the influences that effect the health of a population come in the form of a person’s genetics, behaviors, socio-economic status, physical environment, access to healthcare, and even the policies and laws put in place around them. Many of these factors are not under the control of the individuals which is why it is important for us as future physicians to understand the barriers that face the people we will be serving in order for us

Medical Anthropology: the study of health, illness, and healing from a cultural and/or cross-cultural perspective.

I have also found discrimination for people within HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in my society because of lack of education. Furthermore, I also used to provide education as a health professional. I found it is effective for prevention of infectious diseases in case of socio-economic condition of people in Nepal where they have difficulty to access health care system and resources. In Nepal, we still believe in traditional treatment. Most people still use traditional medicine instead of using biomedicine of Western societies. “Unlike in the Australian context, in many poorer countries biomedicine is not the primary source of health care” (WHO as cited in Germov 2009, p.75).This may be due to unavailability of health care services in little distance. In contrast, I have found lifestyle health problems in Australia such as obesity, diabetes and cancer. Lifestyle behaviour is more likely to influence peoples’ health such as diet, exercise, smoking, alcohol and other drugs (Germov, 2009). I think it is exactly true as I have seen in modern Australian society that most of people are smoking and drinking alcohol which is affecting society in many ways, causing road traffic accidents and property damage. I think most people in Australia like to have junk food and go out for meals because of their busy life which can cause obesity. To examine why it is caused? I think it is a good idea to use social imagination to describe the different

These ideas are then taken and are informed to the reader; providing a detailed background on how one can develop diabetes, for example. Next, Moalem proceeds to explain the cause of these health issues, in relation to our everyday life styles and how technology, social adaptations, and environments have all evolved, in correlation to these issues. The author coherently depicts the idea of how evolution in the human race and means of society have also caused genetic adaptions and illnesses to evolve in a negative way; that our ancestors practically lived a healthier lifestyle than we do today; that our idea of medicine is not to heal illness naturally caused, but to heal illnesses that we have brought upon

Epidemiology is the study of distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations and the application of this study to the control of health problems. The epidemiological triad model holds that infectious diseases result from the interaction of agent, host, and environment (CDC, 2012). Disease transmission occurs when the agent leaves the reservoir or host through a portal of exit, are the conveyed by some mode of transmission and enters through and appropriate portal of entry on infecting a susceptible host (CDC, 2012). This sequence is sometimes called the chain of

The above discussions shows how Farmer and the members of Partners in Health tried to exemplify the three fields of medical anthropology; ecological-epidemiological, critical and interpretive approaches. This is however not to state these as the causes of these health issues or diseases. They are however some of the contributing or associated factors to these health issues. Each of these approaches helps anthropologists come up with the various causes or factors associated with health issues in certain

The study of disease transmission is the review and examination of the examples, causes, and impacts of wellbeing and illness conditions in characterized populaces. It is the foundation of general wellbeing, and shapes strategy choices and confirmation based practice by recognizing hazard variables for ailment and focuses for preventive human services. ("Epidemiology - Wikipedia," n.d.)

The epidemiology triangle has three sides. The sides consist of the host, the agent and the environment. The host is the person who is affected by the disease. The agent is the organism causing the disease. “In the case of type II diabetes, the agent could be the absence of a substance.” (McMurray, 2006). The agent interacts with the host and the environment to cause the disease. The environment is all the outside conditions that make the host susceptible to the agent. One condition of the environment could be the health of the host.

Health is a varying form of perspective, deeply rooted in an individual’s upbringing and circumstance. Health is an end to which there are multiple and different means. There are many different aspects that make up a person’s life, and all of those aspects can be attributed to that individual’s health. When considering a person’s health, other facts besides just scientific numbers and statistics— are important to take into account. Some of the largest influential aspects of health are geographical heritage, cultural background, and an individual’s own personal experience. All of these factors can aid in the study of epidemiology.

I feel like I learned a lot from this course. I think, overall, this course was very eye-opening and made me understand, and want to better understand, issues involving gender and how they effect society. I would say the one of the most important pieces of information I learned was just how much the idea of gender and gender roles influences everyday life. I had never really thought too much about the determents of gender or traditional masculine and feminine ideals before this class, and how we as a society promote and encourage the belief that a person’s gender or sex creates different innate, natural attitudes and attributes. Learning about how important society’s views of gender is, and how it affects the way we learn and think, makes me look at our culture in a different way. For example, before this class I never realized how much women are objectified and put under intense Photoshop in advertisements. This better understanding of the way society is helps me take a step back and look at our culture in a different way, and allows me to become more aware of the issues surrounding gender, sex, and the ideals of masculinity and femininity.

“Welcome Class to Composition one.” Those words were voiced by my professor, Mrs. Robinson, on the first day of school. Initially, I thought to myself, do I even belong in this college course class. Before school had even begun, the stress over the summer about my English skills was eating me alive. Why? Well, in my past English classes I received A’s on all of my essays, but this college class did not seem so easy. Also, I was always fascinated by all the arts and sciences, but English never struck interest in me. I never thought that I could write any decent essays. The reason I insecure about my writing skills was because of the ACT. Since the ACT is the talk about how smart an individual is, my ACT score was not very high. As the course continued, the first essay approached quickly. I remember being stressed about this essay because of my writing insecurities. Although I managed to acquire a decent grade, I promised myself to strive to make myself a better writer. I started to read Norton Field Guide to Writing handbook also known as the yellow book, and slowly but surely started to develop knowledge of good writing skills and tips to improve my essays. This allowed me to grow as a writer and slowly my insecurities started to dwindle, and I began to gain confidence in myself. I never would've thought that the next time I took the ACT that my English score would be my highest. When getting my score back and realizing that I had improved so much, I began to wonder how I