...International Research Journal of Social Sciences_____________________________________ ISSN 2319–3565 Vol. 2(10), 11-15, October (2013) Int. Res. J. Social Sci. Women Health in India: An Analysis Sunilkumar M Kamalapur1 and Somanath Reddy2 1 Women’s Studies, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga-06, Karnataka, INDIA 2 Social Work, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga-06, Karnataka, INDIA Available online at: www.isca.in, www.isca.me Received 29th August 2013, revised 21st September 2013, accepted 5th October 2013 Abstract If health is defined ‘as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’, it follows that existence is a necessary condition for aspiring for health. The girl child in India is increasingly under threat. In recent decades, there has been an alarming decrease in the child sex ratio (0-4 years) in the country. Access to technological advances of ultra sonography and India’s relatively liberal laws on abortion have been misused to eliminate female foetuses. From 958 girls to every 1000 boys in 1991, the ratio has declined to 934 girls to 1000 boys in 2001. In some states in western and north western India, there are less than 900 girls to 1000 boys. The sex ratio is at its worst in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, where severe practices of seclusion and deprivation prevail. Often in contiguous areas in these states, the ratio dips distressingly below 800 girls to every 1000...
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...Generate Health is bringing the pressing issue of infant mortality to light in the St Louis region, and the organization continues to grow, expand, and inform the community. According to data from 2004 infant death is St Louis city were 9.6 per 1,000 live births. Data for St. Louis county states that infant deaths for the county were 8.2 per 1000 live births. Both St. Louis city and St. Louis country have a higher infant mortality rate than Missouri state as a whole. Missouri has an infant mortality rate of 7.5 deaths per 1,000 live births. While Generate Health is working hard to bring awareness of maternal and child health to the region, more needs to be done for the St. Louis metropolitan area to address the underlying determinants...
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...Phase 2 Research Country Selection Matrix: A Tool to Prioritize Geographic Focus IKATU is GUARANI for “Yes I Can ” Ikatu International is attempting to create employment opportunities for the world’s youth population. We are identifying gaps within current youth employment efforts, strategically modeling and implementing solutions that leverage our blended value experience (economic, social, and environmental), and creating significant impact measurements that drive dialogue on transparency and accountability. Ikatu International aspires to enable self sufficiency, teach life and social skills, and create building blocks for future generations by connecting youth to economic opportunity. Ikatu is Guarani for “Yes I Can”, a translation that speaks to both our organization and the belief systems we hope to cultivate. We would like to inspire personal dignity, realized opportunity, and leadership within young adults who have been underexposed by circumstance. Giving back to the community through smart business can stimulate positive change regardless of economic, political, religious and social context. At Ikatu International, we believe in endless possibilities and the power of “Yes I Can”. Country Selection Matrix: A Tool to Prioritize Geographic Focus Revised Report August 2010 Ikatu International The original report was authored by Meghan Corroon and Elizabeth Stewart from Causemopolis in January, 2009. INTRODUCTION The Country Matrix analysis is a reference document...
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...the first problem is that there is inequality between men and women. Effectly, the girls in India aren't welcoming like boys because of traditions which impose to the girl family to give dowry when they get their girl maried. However, more recently this situation gradually disappears. So india is a man domiated society. An other problem of the India is the economy : The population growth is fast-growing and now in India,family planning programs encourages families to have less than 2 child per family. About 35 per cent of people live on less than 1$ a day. Poverty is worst in rural areas and is often accompanied by high levels of illeteracy and poor health. Nationally, almost half of children suffer from malnourishment, although infant mortality rates have declined Social prejudice linked with the caste system is an obstacle that still has to be overcome To conclude, if a modern country is a country involved in a global model, using news tecnologies and progressing, so India is a modern country. India is a country which is progressing rapidly.Is one of countries with China,Brasil...which can become a great power. Perhaps India will replace Europe in the futur. However she still has difficulties and drawbacks like the poverty and the fast-growing...
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...one in five non-elderly Americans is uninsured. Canada spends far less of its GDP on health care (10.4 percent, ver-sus 16 percent in the U.S.) yet performs better than the U.S. on two commonly cited health outcome measures, the infant mortality rate and life expectancy. In "Health Status, Health Care, and Inequality: Canada vs. the U.S.," (NBER Working Paper 13429) June O'Neill and Dave M. O'Neill take a closer look at the performance of the U.S. and Canadian health care systems. The authors examine whether the Canadian system delivers better health outcomes and distributes health resources more equitably than the U.S. system. The authors begin by examining the evidence on health outcomes. They note that the infant mortality rate and life expectancy are affected by many factors other than the health care system. For example, low birthweight-a phenomenon known to be related to substance abuse and smoking-is more common in the U.S. For babies in the same birthweight range, infant mortality rates in the two countries are similar. In fact, if Canada had the same proportion of low birthweight babies as the U.S., the authors project that it would have a slightly higher infant mortality rate. Thus, the authors conclude that differences in infant mortality...
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...Identify and briefly explain why population in developing countries is still growing Most developing countries are experiencing rapid population growth. Developing countries are in stage 2 or 3 of the demographic transition model. This means that they have falling death rates, due to improving health care, while birth rates remain high. There can be many reasons why the population in developing countries is still growing. Firstly developing countries have limited access to family planning services and education regarding contraception. With the people in developing countries not being educated on ways to prevent having children they know no different so keep producing kids and with falling death rates of babies more children are being born and surviving the first few years of its life. Contraception and other methods of family panning may not actually be culturally or religiously acceptable in some developing countries. For example the Catholic church looks down on contraception. Another reason why population in developing countries is still growing is that children in these developing countries are seen as a valuable source of labour and income for a family. They can do jobs such as help on the family fields, work on the land etc. In a developing country where factories start to appear people may feel encouraged to have more children so they canned them to work in factories. Developing countries tend to have very relaxed rules on child labour etc so this could encourage...
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...and infant mortality. With a population distributed in an uneven geographic area that requires specific healthcare delivery related to ethnicity, lack of education, lack of primary care provider and prejudice, it becomes a difficult task. As reported by The Office of Minority Health of the U.S. Department of Health& Human Services (HHS) the largest population concentration of Hispanic/Latino is in San Jose, California, and African American is in Michigan. The City of San Jose or the state of California has not provide specific vital/healthcare information to the HHS and Michigan reported Infant Death Rates as fallow: White – 1997= 6.1 (±0.5), 2007 5.8 (±0.5) whit a decline of 0.3 (±0.5); African American – 1997= 17.6 (±1.7), 2007 16.5 (±1.7) whit a decline of 1.1 (±1.7); Others – 1997= 4.7 (±2.2), 2007 10.7 (±2.2) whit a increase of 6 (±0.5). The HHS reported a total infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births in the United States shows for 2005, still showing a relative disparity between African Americas (13.6), White (5.8) and Hispanic/Latino (5.6). HHS showed that Hispanic/Latino had the lowest rate and the Afro American the highest rate (afro American/ white ratio = 2.3). The report shows a radial infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births higher for African Americans than any other ethnic group in the United States with Low-Birthweight (304.9) being the leading cause fallowed by congenital malformation (167.5), maternal complications (106) and Sudden infant death...
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...Overview Arthrex is a global medical device company and leader in new product development and medical education in orthopedics. The company was started in 1981 in Munich, Germany by Reinhold Schmieding, and has since moved its headquarters to Naples, Florida. They have locations in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Some locations include Germany, Switzerland, Korea, Japan, Denmark, Poland, Florida, California, and Canada to name a few of the countries it distributes its products to worldwide. More than 94% of Arthrex’s products are manufactured in the United States, and exported to more than 100 countries in the world. To go along with their mission of helping surgeons treat patients better and contribute to safe and successful patient outcomes, their corporate location in Naples, Florida serves as an education destination for surgeons from around the world to learn about new products and techniques through hands-on surgical skills training programs. To this day Arthrex holds about 200 patents in orthopedic devices. Employment As an employer Arthrex will match 100 percent to employees 401K contributions. Employees receive medical and dental insurance and basic life insurance on day one of employment. Many companies require 90 days of employment before offering medical insurance. Other perks of being an Arthrex employee include, catered lunches, language skills training programs, vision reimbursement, and short/long term disability. Employee wages range from starting salary...
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...Data Analysis-Why? A. To study and examine data collected 1 Synthesis of data B. Identify community strengths C. Identify community health needs D. Determine need for further data collection: 1. find if research has been done. 2. Data gaps: determine need for further data collection. Make sure you can support data gaps with information from assessment. E. Look for trends/patterns; how often do you see a recurrent theme? F. Discovery of causative relationships: the R/T portion. I. Basic Steps of Data Analysis(4) 2 Categorize-e.g. by demographics, commonalities. E.g. intra/extra community for health and social services 3 Summarize 4 Compare 5 Inference/Interpretation II. Categorize Data 6 There are many ways to sort and categorize data e.g. demographically by age groups, by problem type 7 Geographic approaches may be used 8 Use of model; we are using the wheel from Neuman’s model. 9 Look for data convergence when categorizing-e.g. how many times do we see data converging in different categories? 10 Look for commonalties, health resources that are available. SEC, age, etc. III. Data Summary 11 Summary statements-summarize each table. 12 Summary statistics-put data into percentages and rates so that different areas/communities can be compared. Raw numbers will not work to compare different areas. 13 Graphic methods of data summary: 14 Remember that tables need concise summary data. P. 222, can put population...
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...Traditions -necessary -we were all born into different social groups thus we find traditions necessary to bond us all as different people -Social, religious, political, racial -emerge from culture Traditions still serve a purpose Traditions inculcate morals but how many people follow it? Traditions teach history, culture, belief but how many people care? Traditions bring people together e.g. Chinese New Year provides opportunity for whole family to gather, communicate, interact, bond Traditions no longer serve a purpose Westernisation/Modernisation/Ever-changing world has changed/eroded/influenced views or many, set by forefathers, (traditions still remain important despite this, we still see people celebrating traditions, continuing it) Advancements in technology have become much of a distraction (if people really want to continue tradition, it would be their own responsibility and self-control) An unspoken contempt of culture in general has grown silly rituals Even most of the relativists have forgotten the purpose of culture and blindly dispense hollow respect for it. Sociology and anthropology texts imply it’s just arbitrary stuff people come up with for the hell of it when they live near one another. With such an implication, it certainly seems a little silly in today’s world. Culture emerges in only one circumstance and serves only one purpose. When a group of people face the...
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...excludes too many” according to Rashford. Marleise Rashford emphasizes that money is not the issue why America has not reform its health system. Corruption, lobbyist, and private insurances are the ones responsible for this. The essay mentions that 45 million Americans are uninsured. This essay will analyze and critique Rashford’s essay. I support the universal healthcare system. The United States is the only industrialized nation without universal healthcare. The United States ranks poorly compare to other industrialized nations on healthcare. Universal healthcare will cover all the American citizens. It will benefit the underprivileged citizens of this country. American citizens will have a longer life expectancy. Infant mortality rates will decrease. The United States is the only industrialized nation without universal healthcare. (Rashford, 4) Corruption, lobbyist, and private insurances are the ones responsible for this. Private insurance premiums rice twice as fast than the rate of inflation. Private insurances are making record profits. “The number of American without health insurance rose from 1.4 million to 45 million, between 2000 and 2003.” (Rashford, 5) The United States...
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...I | Community Milieu | Introduce Section | 5 | | | | | Explore and provide qualitative description of the selected census tract | 35 | | | | | Include history of the county and windshield/sneaker survey | 40 | | | | | Draw conclusions from the data | 5 | | | | | Summarize the findings | 5 | | | | | APA | 10 | | | | | | 100 | | | | | | | | | II | County Description | Introduce Section | 5 | | | | | Describe the following topics for the county the census tract is in: * Climate * Terrain * Industry * Government * Transportation * Environmental Services * Disaster Terrorism Plan | 75 | | | | | Draw conclusions from the data | 5 | | | | | Summarize the findings | 5 | | | | | APA | 10 | | | | | | 100 | | | III | Census Tract and County Statistics | Introduce section | 5 | 5 | | | | Collect the following data for the selected census tract and compare to county statistics * Age * Types of family units * Race * Ethnicity * Number of years of education completed * Housing units (types of residences) * Occupations (major categories) * Income * Use tables to display demographic data showing both raw numbers and percentages (within the body of the paper) | 75 | 75 | | | | Draw conclusions from the data | 5 | | | | | Summarize the findings | 5 | | | | | APA | 10 | | | | | | 100 | | | | | | | | | IV | Census Tract and County Statistics significant...
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...Jack Mendez Community Assessment RN 402-Community Health Nursing March 10, 2010 One of the most significant assessment findings within North Minneapolis is the prevalence of crime. When asked, many people around the metro will say that North Minneapolis is a “bad area” or that it is “unsafe”; this usually comes with a non-verbal look of concern from the person giving their input. How much worse is North Minneapolis than other metro areas? To find the answer to this question statistics and data from North Minneapolis will be analyzed. Assessment data will look at physical-environment, psychological, biophysical, sociological and behavioral aspects of Minneapolis as well as more specific areas within Minneapolis. Physical Environmental Community Assessment Minneapolis consists of 5 precincts or geographical areas that are controlled by different policing bodies. North Minneapolis falls primarily under the 4th precinct. “Its service area is bounded by Interstate 94 W on the East, Interstate 394 on the South and the city limits on the West and North” (City of Minneapolis, 2010). The fourth precinct consists of 16 zones which comprise the farthest north and northwest areas of Minneapolis. The nursing assessment will also focus in on the residents living within the Victory zone, one of the many zones within the city of North Minneapolis. Victory runs along Victory Memorial Parkway to Xerxes on the west, down to Dowling Avenue, and east to Newton Avenue. Victory...
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...In earlier centuries, it had been usual for women to work alongside husbands and brothers in the family business. As the 19th century progressed, men increasingly commuted to their factory, shop or office jobs. Wives, daughters, and sisters were left at home all day to oversee the domestic duties in the reign of Queen Victoria. A woman's place was in the home, as domesticity and motherhood were considered by society at large to be a sufficient emotional and economic fulfillment for females. These constructs kept women far away from the public sphere in most ways, but during the 19th century charitable missions did begin to extend the female role of service, and Victorian feminism emerged as a potent political force. The transformation of Britain into an industrial nation due to the industrialization had profoundly influenced the ways in which women were to be believed ideally in Victoria times. Newly emerged urban jobs formed an urban living style that no one had lived before, it prompted a change in the ways in which appropriate male and female roles were perceived. In particular, the notion of separate spheres, which woman was in the private sphere of the home and hearth, man was in the public sphere of business, politics and sociability - came to influence the choices and experiences of all women. The Victorian era from 1837 to 1901 is characterized as the domestic age, idealized by Queen Victoria, who came to represent a sort of femininity that was centered on the family...
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...coalmines or sweatshops for up to twenty hours a day. This helps understand the perspectives of the people living at this time, towards children, as the children weren’t too different from adults, earning wages by spending their days working. In some cases, children worked for weeks in factories without receiving any pay. They did this for the hope of receiving employment after the weeks in which they worked for free. However, employers were well aware of this and often took advantage of the children by either not hiring them in the end of their free labor, or moving after the few weeks to a different area to find more free labor. Outside of being mistreated for labor, children often did not receive care from their parents at home. High infant mortality rates and large family size contributes to this, as it’s harder for a mother of ten to care for all her children, knowing a few are bound to die....
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