Interest in Public Health

The pursuit of a satisfying and meaningful disquieter is my ultimate oddment and a master of unrestricted health degree is a stepping gem along the path to a future career. For me, it is also a business I owe to myself. My university education exposed me to a number of earth health issues. While at university, I was affiliated to an anti back up club whose cast upd emphasis was placed on behavioural transfigure to prevent the risk of STDs, HIV/ back up and unplanned pregnancies.I particularly coupled this club so I could make an impact on cuss students and prevent the spread of the virus as I had lost a lot of my close relations to HIV/ aid. It was from this point that my interest in everyday health arose. During my fifth year of university education, I proposed to conduct a research on the manipulation of physiotherapy in patients HIV/AIDS patients but could not conduct the named research due to funding difficulties and ethical motive issues.Nevertheless, I simmer down picked on another frequent health take the prevalence of complaints of arm, neck and shoulder among office workers who use computers and I earn myself an award as the best graduating student in Research. The findings of the study that prompted me to make a difference and prevent preventable illnesses, thus considered public health research as a career. My work experience as a physiotherapist is within the field of public health and has create my disease identification, treatment and to a lesser extent preventive skills.I am latestly engaged in community (outreach)programmes for HIV/AIDS patients. My role in this activity, is to identify and mobilise patients who are on Anti retro virus drugs who run through residual effects (weak limbs) of ARVs and other people in the community who might actually need physiotherapy services. Though this integration of physiotherapy services with HIV/AIDS activities at the hospital is still in its infancy stage, as a department we nourish a chieved an increase of 30% in the number of patients captured in the community and are actually accessing our services.What about the rest of the 70% ? we could still do snap off. Personally, being the superintendent of the physiotherapy aspect of the HIV/AIDS programme I take aim earned a great deal of insight on issues pertaining to . However, each time we embark on the usual community visits and find cases that could have been prevented, I face challenged and to some extent motivated to do to a greater extent than I am already doing because currently our main emphasis is on the curative aspect of disease rather than prevention and primary care . in addition, I as diagnosed with Hyperthyroidism in 2009 and I distinguish that I am not able to meet the physical demands of my current job and would want to carry to population health at an administrative level. My participation in the programme confirmed my budding interest in preventive medicine and improved quality of care. I a m haggard to public health because of its unbounded solutions to health problems. I am in search of public health skills develop and be able to contribute positively towards the health of the community and society at large.In addition, I feel that my current degree alone, is not offering me adequate career opportunities, in which case gaining a further qualification particularly master of public health, will picture me with new career options and advance my prospects immensely. After I complete the master of public health programme, I will have acquired problem solving skills, locating and using information effectively and analytic thinking skills.In view of this, I intend to join an Non Governmental nerve dealing in public health issues and possibly work in a rural area as that is where the bulk of the work is to be done. Currently I am studying for a certificate in HIV/AIDS management, I believe the certificate and the master of public health coupled together will help me perf orm better in my future job role as I would same(p) to be involved in the devising of programmes focused to prevent and provide quality health care especially in HIV/AIDS related projects.