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What drives you to be apart of the health care community?

I love hearing why people want to care for others because sometimes it is very difficult #medicine

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Aijaz’s Answer

Good health. It seems so straightforward. Eat right, exercise and get regular checkups. Yet achieving – and maintaining – good health is a battle that many Americans are losing every day. Some of the factors affecting our health we certainly can influence on our own; many of the factors, however, are outside our individual control.


Where we live, work, learn and play dramatically affects the health of all Americans – for better or for worse. The sometimes toxic relationship between how we live our lives and the economic, social and physical environments that surround us has resulted in some of America's most persistent health problems. At the same time, improving conditions in our homes, schools, workplaces and communities can help create greater opportunities for healthy lives.


Social Factors


Social factors can affect health directly and indirectly as their effects accumulate across individuals' lifetimes and across generations, leading to vicious cycles between social factors and health. Although genes and medical care also are important, social factors probably play a greater role than either, and interact with both. Fortunately, many social factors can be influenced by policies and programs.


Social factors:


Early Life Experience


Early childhood experiences can have powerful influences on an individual's health, not just in childhood but throughout life. Children born premature and underweight are more likely to face health problems than their peers, which can later lead to other factors which negatively impact health


Education


Education has profound health effects. More education makes an individual more aware of healthy and unhealthy choices and makes it easier to make healthy choices
Income


For centuries, poverty has been linked to ill health. It is not difficult to understand why the poor would have worse health than people with greater economic means. We now know that even middle-class people generally have poorer health than the most affluent
Work


Work can influence health in many ways, including through links both with health care insurance and with physically hazardous exposures in the workplace
Housing


Poor-quality housing poses a risk of exposure to many conditions that can contribute to poor health, such as indoor allergens that can lead to and exacerbate asthma, injuries, and exposure to lead and other toxic substances.
Community


Characteristics of communities can influence health in many direct and indirect ways. For example, neighborhoods can be physically hazardous because of air and chemical pollution, traffic, lack of sidewalks and safe places to exercise, and because of crime
Race and Ethnicity


Racial and ethnic background has profound effects on an individual’s health primarily because of the different social and economic experiences – advantages and disadvantages – that go along with race and ethnicity. Read more
The Economy


The general economic environment can affect health by affecting levels of unemployment, wages and benefits, barriers to educational attainment, and availability of social and health services
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Richard’s Answer

I chose to become a physician because I have many family members who are physicians and it looked like a field in which I find job satisfaction. However, I did not truly become passionate about the field of medicine until my third year of medical school during clinical rotations. That was the first time I saw an image guided procedure, I was fascinated by the intersection between medical imaging and treatment. I decided that I wanted to become an interventional radiologist. Now I get to perform image guided procedures every day including angiograms, TIPS, radioembolization of tumors with Y-90, and thermal ablation of tumors.
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Jordan’s Answer

Hi Sydney-


Great question! I truly believe life led me down this path as a result of a constant desire to help others.


You are right that there are very difficult situations. At times you are working direclty with a family experiencing the most traumatic event of their life. But there are also rewarding moments. You have just as many opportunities to experience a good outcome, as you do to experiIence a bad one.


We are faced with choices every day. We have the choice to carry with us the good memories, or the bad ones. I am not saying that every day is always good, but there is good in every day. Sometimes it is just a matter of taking a step back to find it.
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Brittany’s Answer

I work as a physical therapist. I knew early on that this was exactly what I was supposed to do. It stems from a passion for helping other people. I love helping my patients get back to their lives after illness or injury. I love that the profession has so many different areas of practice. It's deeply rewarding to know you've had a positive impact on someone's life.
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Yasemin’s Answer

Hi Sydney! I think there are a variety of reasons for an individual to choose the healthcare field. For me it was my grandmother's diagnosis with dementia, I took care of her for some time and this exposed me to the medical field, especially the compassionate side. In addition to researching the academic side of medicine while caring for my grandmother, my biology teacher did a great job of incorporating sophomore year biology in high school to actual medicine. This made me love the field even more; afterwards I began the path of pursuing this field. Although I did have challenges and obstacles and even continue to do so from time to time I love this field. With each experience from advanced science classes, to shadowing a physician, research and caring for patients in the ER, I began to mature more and more and decided it was right for me. I do agree that it is healthcare is a difficult field because it takes time and dedication and things may not go always as planned but if you truly do love it , you will work around the challenges and be successful! If you are considering medicine, I would recommend to get experience in the field by working with patients in an actual medical setting and taking some classes that emphasize healthcare, I think this will give you a better idea of the healthcare community.
I wish you the best!
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