Public Health Epidemiology Personal Statement
As a curious and inquisitive person, I have always aspired to knowledge and education. The desire to know more has always motivated me to study. My personal growth, development, and progress depend on my ability to learn and help people. I am a very skilled person with an interest in various studies, though my major priority is health. Being a perfectionist, I am a very demanding person. The most important is, that I am demanding to myself, I am constantly looking for causes and answers. It really helps me to get experience and, more important, it helps me to find the solutions. That is the main reason why I chose nutrition at the first place. I am currently in a process of getting a masters degree in nutrition. Because nutrition is the most important and fundamental factor between health and disease. In today's society, people do not realize nutritional values that promote the importance of being healthy in human being's lives. They tend to neglect the importance of choosing the right food and they always skip meals. A proper nutrition is a successful way to the healthier lifestyles. I see it as my mission to combine knowledge and experience, in order to navigate people to their healthier well-being. Sometimes, people neglect the idea of the dependence of nutrition and health condition on one another. I see it as my duty to assist people in finding their way to what is better or the best for them. In general, I am very responsible with what I consume and I also think people should be more attentive and responsible about the nutrition issue too. That is why I realized that the best way for me to make it work is to apply for master in public health.
Public health is a strict study, directed on preventing diseases, promoting health and an active lifestyle among people, so it is a significant aspect of human well-being. The main idea is to find the ways on how to make the population healthier, prevent fatal diseases, make the treatment much more effective, support health organizations, communities, individuals, and society in general. Public health is the direction that is effective not as a preventative method, but as a logical attitude on the early stages of the health issues. Here is the situation, where my knowledge in nutrition becomes very useful and important. Adjusting at applying my knowledge and experience in practice, may help to solve a lot of health conditions and prevent severe health problems. I see the public health as a perfect tool to get people more aware of the importance of taking care of their health. The researches and discoveries may assist in finding new ways of preventing diseases. I am sure that I can put an effort and participate in the process of educating people on how and what to eat, in order to feel much better and, probably, live longer and be happier. It …
