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Public Health is the science and practice of preventing disease and improving health in communities. I love this discipline because it allows me to explore how to help people to my greatest ability. I'm trying to get into the medical field, and I believe that taking a Public Health approach will help me become a better healthcare provider. In Project 2, I wrote about a speaker, Dr. Patrick Remington. He was talking about how the medical system is flawed because they're more worried about treating and prescribing medicine for the money than curing that particular illness or disease. While doctors may not be able to cure an illness due to research and other factors, they can surely help prevent it. The doctor title may not always help with giving access to healthcare to everyone, but they can certainly try. I love studying Public Health because it helps me have a deeper understanding about what is happening in communities and how to help them by targeting the root cause of their needs.

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Some issues in Public Health today include declining life expectancy, climate change, healthcare workforce mental health, coverage gap crisis, and chronic health conditions. These issues are the result of lack of funding, research, and environmental effects.

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In the Public Health discipline, the American Medical Association citation style is primarily used. This citation style is widely used by the medical sciences communities.

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AMA Style
Summary:
These resources provide guidance on how to cite sources using American Medical Association (AMA) Style, 10th Ed., including examples for print and electronic sources.

This resource discusses references page formatting for the American Medical Association (AMA) style sheet. AMA was developed by the American Medical Association for the purpose of writing medical research.

References are found at the end of a manuscript and are titled "Reference List," and each item should be listed in numerical order (two references should not be combined under a single reference number) as opposed to alphabetically. Additionally, each item should be single-spaced.
Sample Reference
AuthorLastname, FirstInitialMiddleInitial. Title in sentence case. Abbreviated Journal Title in Title Case. Year Month Day; volume(Issue#): PP-PP.

When writing up your references list, be sure to always include the last name and the first and middle initial of the authors without punctuation. However, do use a comma to separate more than one author in a single bibliographic group (e.g., Wheeler T, Watkins PJ).

If the author's middle initial isn't available, omit it. The abbreviations "Jr" and "Sr" ("Junior" and "Senior") may follow authors' names when applicable (e.g., Jameson JJ Jr). Use Roman numerals to signify "2nd," "3rd," "4th," and so on (e.g., Doe JF III).

Use sentence case for all titles (capitalize only the first word of the title). Abbreviate and italicize names of journals according to the listing in the National Library of Medicine database.

Additionally, each reference is divided with periods into bibliographic groups; each bibliographic group contains bibliographic elements, which may be separated using the following punctuation marks:

A comma: if the items are sub-elements of a bibliographic element or a set of closely related elements (e.g., the authors' names).

A semicolon: if the elements in the bibliographic group are different (e.g., between the publisher's name and the copyright year) or if there are multiple occurrences of logically related elements within a group; also, before volume identification data.

A colon: before the publisher's name, between the title and the subtitle, and after a connective phrase (e.g., "In," "Presented at").

See the following examples:

1. Wheeler T, Watkins PJ. Cardiac denervation in diabetes. BMJ. 1973 Dec 8; 4: 584-586.

2. O'Keefe M, Coat S. Consulting parents on childhood obesity and implications for medical student learning. J Paediatr Child Health. 2009 Sep 14; 45(10): 573-576.

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In Public Health, its research falls into two very broad categories, quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative method looks for statistical analysis, experiments, numerical data, and facts to identify correlations, trends, and patterns. This kind of method allows researchers to determine relationships between variables. The qualitative method focuses on understanding the patient's experiences and challenges. The quantitative method answers the "what" of research and the qualitative method answers the "how" and "why." Public Health research is then shared by data sharing. This is when information from one individual or institution goes to another for scientific research. This is also known as PHDS (Public Health Data Sharing).

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Sub-disciplines of Public Health include, epidemiology, biostatistics, health services, health economics, public policy, public safety, occupational safety, environmental health, reproductive health, and many more. I'm particularly interested in epidemiology because it specifically explores the presence or absence of diseases and disorders.

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Public Health - CONVERGE | Natural Hazards Center

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Definition The discipline of public health seeks to promote and protect the health of people and their communities. Public health professionals promote healthy lifestyles, research disease and injury prevention, and ... Read more