407 Answer chapter questions 1-5 on pg. 140 & 141.
Assignment due Sunday.

1. The relationship between teenage pregnancy, African American girls, and poverty is that poverty is a contributing factor to teenage pregnancy, which is higher among African American girls. Someone who is living in poverty are at greater risk for behavioral and emotional problems, are less likely to have access to quality care, are more likely to be less educated, and a host of other disparities and factors. Therefore, teenager girls who live in poverty may feel that becoming a mother will give them a purpose in life and feel better about their economic condition. Due to this, poverty is a key factor of teenage pregnancy. In order to decrease the high prevalent of teenage pregnancy …show more content…
Women should be considered as a special needs population in health care. This is because women have specific health care needs and requirements and face health disparities in health care that require focus. Women receive less quality of care than other groups. Women are also a minority population and face inequalities in care, discrimination, and are underserved which is another reason they should be considered a special needs population. They also have less opportunities, rights, and powers as opposed to men. It is necessary to consider women of color further in terms of their race, culture, and ethnicity because their health care needs will be based on their racial, cultural, and ethnics practices, customs, values, behaviors, and etc. This consideration will give attention to the different issues that women of different racial and ethnic groups experience when seeking health care. Disparities can be reduced when providers became aware of the problems women of color encounter by learning more about their special needs related to receiving health care. Health providers must be culturally competent and educated on women and women of color health needs as they relate to their cultural, race, and