Student Scholar Spotlight – Bailey Cavner
Student Scholar Spotlight – Bailey Cavner
Featured student work during their time as a college scholar in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Bailey Cavner
My program of study is “Preventative Medicine in Rural Women’s Healthcare.” Women’s healthcare comprises two major portions, the scientific side and the social side. My program offers an amalgamation of these two perspectives by studying preventive medicine strategies via the physiological process of the human body, but also the healthcare policies and laws affecting the women of our society.
Women in rural communities are an underserved group of individuals. Due to a lack of resources, they face higher morbidity rates than their urban counterparts. I plan to explore the different roles of women in society: as mothers, leaders, athletes, and patients. Preventative medicine includes mental and physical health. This is why my program blends psychological evaluation with physiological evaluation. Both aspects aim to inform the patient on how to live the healthiest life from birth. It is imperative to understand how the human body ages and the health problems an individual will face at all stages of life.