Question

INSTRUCTIONS

Use this form to write and submit your essay to HRTP. Your application will not be considered complete without your essay. The student essay is an important component of the selection process. This essay is read by the review committee and potential preceptors. Please make sure to carefully proofread and review your essay before submitting it to HRTP. Students are encouraged to use personal stories, creativity, as well as critical analysis to inform the review committee about why public health is important to you. In no more than 500 words, answer the following questions:

1. Why are you interested in public health?

2. What will you contribute to HRTP if selected?

3. How will this internship help you in the future?

Answer 1

Public health is the science and art of preventing diseases, promoting human health through organized efforts of the interdisciplinary team. It aims at preventing and treating diseases including mental health. It includes survillence of cases, health indicators and common public health initiatives like promotion of handwashing and breast feeding, delivery of vaccinations ,suicide prevention and distribution of condoms to prevent sexually transmitted diseases.

As a nurse I am interested in public health as it helps to reduce the incidences of mortality and morbidity and the hospital admission rate which is mainly the result of early detection of gthe cases and the provision of effective treatrment as early as possible at in primary level. The interventions of the primary level prevention blocks the disease progression. The health research and training program aims at development and evolution of intervention which would make the task of disease prevention and health promotion easier. The HRTP would help to apply my classroom learning to practical problems and in process to learn critical skills. This will also help to broaden my concept of public health by increasing the awareness about their needs, new issues challenges and career opprutunities in this field. The program will orient about the principles and practices of public health planning, research, administration and evaluation. If selected in the HRTP program,I would contribute to the research planning and implementation process with my existing clinical knowlegde and to contribute to identification of the new public health issues.