Final Summary

My project took many turns along the road, but finally I got all the information. My survey came out to be 12 questions, and it asked questions about personal opinion and actual facts. I orginally wanted to get 20-30 people to do my survey, but I ultimately just could not find that many people who have had concussions. To do the survey the participant had to have had at least 1 concussion. Although annoyed at first because I couldn't find my original number of people, my results suprised me alot. I thought I was going to get alot of regular answers like 1 or 2 concussions,  I told people about my injury and yes i believe concussions are a serious injury.  I surveyed 15 people not my original number but good enough, and 4 of the people in my survey had 4 or more concussions, and mostly every boy said they that we do not need  more caution regarding concussions. This was scary yet also very eye opening. This is just one example of the kind of results I got from my survey, although I didn't get all the answers about why people chose what they did I can infer things from the results. I chose to do the survey because I wanted to see what people in our area thought of concussions, after I saw a video on concussions and its effects, it really stood out to me. I was surprised that people could continue with the pain and not be scared about further injury. I did this project on concussions because I feel that concussions are sometimes pushed to the side because you cannot really see the damage and sometimes coaches or parents might think their children are stretching the injury. Concussions are very serious and I hope from my survey and study , that it will raise awareness for many.

Well I started my project this weekend by having some of my family members do the survey. I was really excited to see some of the results, but it was hard for some of the people to answer the questions since they have not had concussions before. I orginally wanted to include people who have had and who have not had concussions in the survey, but after getting my first results back I decided to change it. I didn't really realize that for people who didnt have concussions they wouldn't beable to answer like more than half of the questions. Therefore instead of changing my questions I am just asking different people all of who would of had to have  a concussion once in their life.I think this way will work better anyways, because it will be people who have actually experienced concussions before. It will be thier ideas and thoughts about the precautions and warnings they had and took with their concussion, instead of someone just saying what they would have done if they were in the situation. I do think that I am going to recieve split results, because everyone has different ideas about concussions and head injuries. I just hope everyone realizes the dangers of concussions, because they are such a serious injury. I do have to change my list of people but I think if I get results from people who have experienced concussions my survey will be more successful.

Project

My project is basically just strating out. I know the topics I am going to focus around, and most of the questions I am going to ask. Most of my questions are yes and no while some are like the lickert scale. My case study is going to focus on concussions in the media, and how they bring about awareness and a personal story of a someone who had a concussion. Most of my questions are basic, but at the end I am also going to include a place for comments so people can explain in detail why they avoided concussion warnings.  I am really excied for people to start answering the questions and recieving the results. Through my project I hope to bring about awareness so other people who are faced in this situation can know the seriousness and take  precautions when they get a concussion.

Project

My project is going to focus on concussions; the reasons why people ignore the warning signs, and how we can show the seriousness of these injuries. For my project I plan to do a case study and a survey. I was thinking of focusing on one group of people, but then I decided to include all people boys and girls all ages to really get a sense of what people think throughout many different ages. I want to also include both athletes and non athletes to see the different opinions. I am going to do a survey, about different questions and topics like
- why people avoid warning signs
 - how can we draw more attention to this injury
  - do different sports expect differnt things or have different ideas on concussions
- why you would/wouldn't avoid the warning signs
- does you school/family effect your decisions on head injuries
My procedure is going to include articles about concussions. I want to include some stories about the long-lasting effects of concussions as well. I want to have the survey to show different peoples thoughts on concussions. Overall, I want to see the factors that play into concussions whether it be school, family or choices pertaining to the injury. I want people to know the seriousness of concussions and that they are not something that can be pushed to the side.

2nd Quarter Project

For my second semester project I decided to do a case study on concussions. Over the past few weeks I have been blogging regularly about different topic throughout the health world, and my last post on concussions was really the most interesting for me. I am an athlete and I think that is what draws me to this topic. I am going to research about why people avoid the warning signs and how we can draw more attention to the seriousness of this injury. I am also going to incorporate factors of money, class, family, friends, and schooling to my research, and add surveys to show others' opinions and thoughts.
I am really excited for this part of the project, I did enjoy blogging but I am glad to focus on 1 topic in health care.

Keeping Quiet Can Keep You Out of the Game

Concussions are a serious problem that high school athletes face throughout the season. Whether they are scared to report them because they do not want to lose playing time or that they do not know the symptons of what a concussion are, athletes are hurting themselves because they are not taking proper care of this serious head injury. Concussions can come from many different things, a header in soccer, a tackle in football, or a collision in basketball and there are not certain symptons that make you have a concussion. Symptons range from headaches, dizziness, naseau, sensitivity to light and sound, and lack of focus or attention. Concussions are serious injuries that have lasting impacts athletes. Raising awareness for concussions is important if we want to save our athletes from brain damage now and in the future.
This video I thought was a very good way to show the seriousness of a concussion. Tracy in the video got two concussions back to back and never said anything about the first one. Her decision to not tell anyone about her injury ultimately hurt her in the long run since after this injury she could not play sports anymore. I feel a lot of athletes now-a-days do the same thing and ignore a head injury because they want to continue to play. If we want our athletes to still play we have to tell them about the terrible conditions a concussion can lead to if they do not treat it correctly. Concussions are very serious and I believe all athletes should see videos like this to raise their awareness about the seriousness of a concussion.

After learning in class today about psychological and sociological explanations of deviance, I found an interesting article about depression that relates to both of these two factors.
In a recent British study, researchers found that people who  battle despression 79% of them have reported that they have faced descrimination at some point. This statistic was not only people from Britain, but it included over 1,000 people from 35 different countries, which makes this a problem people face world wide. People  who believe they are descriminated against because they are depressed, and those who choose not to get help because of the fear of being descriminated against both face a psychological problem. Yet this problem of depression shows that it is not only psychological problems because people are not only becoming depressed because of thoughts or events in their life. People are depressed because they feel descriminated against at public places like work, and school, and in relationships with co-workers, and friends. Much more research is needed, and descrimination in depression is going to be looked at much more because of this recent finding.
This article jumped right out at me after I read it. It related alot of what we talked about in class like psychological and sociological explanations to depression, a mental problem that people throughout the world deal with everyday. Depression is a very serious topic in our country and results for 38,000 deaths a year in the United States alone. I think depression is confusing, no one really knows what a person is thinking about or even why they are thinking about it. The fact that 79% of people who are depressed because of descrimination is disturbing and something that needs to be fixed.