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Epigenetic Epidemiology Student Report

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With hands-on practice experience, I gained better insight into chronic diseases problems in China. During my internship in Canada, I had the opportunity to conduct research, as well as visit local hospitals and a community healthcare centers. I was amazed by their national and community screening plans and high-quality management system for chronic disease patients. Access to medical care was quite different from what I observed in China, where a majority of patients, especially poor and rural residents, are left with ineffective treatment and limited access to needed care. Although NCDs currently account for an estimated 80% of overall burden of disease, compared to infectious diseases, they failed to receive a national response commensurate with the burden. Moreover, there are not many population-based longitudinal research on the epidemiological …show more content…

I am thrilled at the prospect of gaining solid knowledge of epidemiological methodologies, quantitative and qualitative analytical skills and other multi-disciplinary knowledge and practice that I can use as building blocks to achieve my dreams. When preparing for my project on DNA methylation, I read the book “Epigenetic Epidemiology” by Professor Karin B. Michels, which introduced me the basic concepts of this field. The book and this experience gave showed me the state of the art on the epigenetic epidemiology and I was fascinated by this burgeoning field. I would therefore consider joining the research projects being conducted by Professor Karin B. Michels. Besides the required courses, I am also interested in the range of elective courses in chronic disease, including cancer epidemiology, nutrition epidemiology and genetic epidemiology. I believe that these courses will help me to understand the etiology, prevention and treatment of chronic disease

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The familiarity that these courses will provide me with related medical school courses will aid me in acclimating to medical school more efficiently, and to perform at a superb academic level. Attending a medical school that is community-focused and that is service-oriented is what makes Morehouse a uniquely good fit. Morehouse will be gaining a student that is unquestionably passionate about medicine, highly motivated and ambitious, and that will take full advantage of utilizing all of his resources to succeed in medical

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There are many different cultures in the world and how they approach medical needs may not all be the same. As a Vietnamese American I know both ways how American people and Vietnamese people approach for healthcare. Most American when we are sick we go to the doctors and they diagnose us with whatever and give us a prescription for medication or would refer us out to a specialist that would be able to help us. While Asians or better yet Vietnamese when we get sick we sometimes do not just go to the doctors we try herbal medications at home on our own and on what knowledge we know and from our friends and families. Also we believe in that acupuncture can help us from a lot of different things it can help with trembling, aches and such.

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Healthcare and access to medical aid vary from country to country, and because of this inconsistency, there has been an ongoing debate on which country has it right. While America is Canada’s closest neighbour, our countries have prominent differences when comparing our Healthcare Systems. Although the United States health care has vastly improved since 2010, the system still acts with major flaws leaving over 30 million residents without health coverage today. Throughout this essay, I will be comparing at the drastic differences of Healthcare Systems in Canada and the United States. The most prevalent differences between the two healthcare systems would be that Canada has a universal healthcare plan for citizens and the U.S has private and public plan.

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The number and the capacity of the laboratories should also be increased, there should also be an increase in the amount of money spent in technological research. The government should also prioritize the restructuring, reorganizing and decentralization of the health facility systems which had been neglected for years (Hwang, 2007). Infectious diseases are direct; they can rapidly affect an entire region if not managed properly. With globalization the need to manage these diseases is more important than ever as these

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Epigenetics explains how the environment effects our genes. It also shows how genetics work and how it could be altered. Epigenetics could explain how quantity and quality of food effects our body. The environment can affect us such as the community that people live in. In the movie, the Dutch community had their food supplies cut off from the Germans, which had a huge impact on the community and the future.

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One of the most important social issues that this project would like to address is health care in Canada. Health infrastructure is a national priority, where the seventy-seven percent of Canadians say "that while governments mostly talk about the need to invest in roads and bridges, investing in aging hospitals is a higher priority." According to various sources and studies, Canadians believe that tremendous changes and reforms are required. Ninety-one percent of Canadians believe that the health care system could improve the quality of care through greater efficiency, and sixty-four percent says that the Canadian system is falling behind its international counterparts. Unless government act to address these problems, the studies suggest

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In the research conducted by Cox et al., (2012), there were limitations in their sample. Their sample size was too small which makes it difficult to generalize the data and a claim a specific relationship. Further research should incorporate a larger sample size to be considered representative of people to whom results will be generalized and also to ensure a representative distribution of the population. Ineffective screening for comorbid disorders was another limitation in Cox et al. , (2012) research.

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A country's healthcare system is essential to its population, preventing diseases and improving the overall health of its people. Many countries have different forms of healthcare that are available to their citizens. Depending on the country, the form of healthcare can be unobtainable or ineffective. While some countries are able to provide high-quality, accessible healthcare, not everyone is given the same opportunity. When examining the healthcare systems of the United States and Canada, it is interesting to note how their healthcare systems have qualities that intersect and diverge from one another.

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The course prescriptive analytics would help me prepare for the future with learning about how to collect and implement data processing. The VA Hospital is always collection data and tying out new programs for veterans this course will teach me what is working and what is not working. In this course it would help prepare me on how to input these new systems into play with in all the VA Hospitals. The VA does a lot of data analytics and getting an ahead start on it would be prefect for me

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With its provincial health care differing greatly from the United States, Canada has publicly funded and privately administered the system to individuals across the country (cite here). With health care characterized by universal coverage that is guaranteed to all citizens, regardless of income, status, or level of sickness, Canadians are removed from the oppressed outcome that is often faced by the poor within the United States. Through the distribution of health cards, Canadians are able to make use of their health care resources such as counseling, doctor appointments, and emergency care for free. The unified use and coverage allows for all individuals to be treated equally, fairly and without discrimination. The low-income families are offered the same quality of treatment as the wealthy, with the quality of care always monitored to meet government standards.

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Free market reforms took over, as the government removed itself from funding hospitals and health services (Brink, 2015). Health care organizations turned into for-profit institutions, and healthcare workers were rewarded for increasing profits of hospitals (Mitsuhashi, 2005). The barefoot doctors promptly declined for they lost the trust of their local communities, reducing the numbers of patients they saw and transforming their practice to a more lucrative high paying practice that was becoming more popular in rural areas (Woodruff, 1986). The effects of these reforms had an extreme impact on Chinese citizens; in 1999 the number of rural people with health insurance was reduced to only 7% (Brink, 2015). The general distrust that was formed between citizens and healthcare professionals led to an extremely unstable society, plagued with discontent and anger towards the Chinese government.

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There is a common phenomenon in the China that many people treated with inequality and injustice in health care. As as Martin Luther King, Jr.’s saying goes “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane”. From my point of view, i firmly agree with this point in that each individual has equal right to enjoy the suitable health care. It is intolerable for the whole society to make the health care injustice as a seriously public health problem. In this essay, some facts about the injustice will be given.

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Moreover, I found that this course is challenging, rewarding and inspiring topic. How the human body works, repairs itself and can be improved especially related to cardiovascular always make me interested into it. This is why studying cardiovascular science at master level is an ideal choice for me. Being

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