Personal Narrative: Place Matters

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The reason I became intrested in Public Health all started back in High School. Coming from a low income town called Coachella, California it made me realize how the film we watched "Place Matters" applies to my life. Where I grew up there was a lot of corner stores and sometimes there wasn't enough sidewalks to promote walking or any type of physical activity in my town. Health career's have always caught my eye, so when I was in High School I got involved in an academy called "Health Academy".Part of the program was learning about the different types of Health careers that are offered. We went job shadowing with people at the hospital like Emergency Medical Technicians, Nurses, Doctor's and even people managing the hospital to get a glimpse of what they do in their everyday job. It was a great way to help us discover and get a glimpse of the type of work…show more content…
Some of the services they offered to do was blood pressure checks, vision checks, dental checkups and dental work, diabetes screenings, chiropractic, family counseling and health education all free of charge. The year I volunteered about 800 people came to the event seeking medical assistance but what struck me more by surprise was how how some of the member's in my community didn't know why it was so important to get regular routine health checkups. Some of those who did, just didn't go because of the fact that they were uninsured and it would cost them money that they didn't have or were just not able to afford. During High School my senior year I also went through a program offered by ROP to become a Certified Nursing Assistant. When I graduated I received my cerfification and started working since the age of 18 in the City of Indio right next to

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