...Planned Parenthood should not be defunded by the federal government because it would be illogical, people would lose resources, and Planned Parenthood provides more than just abortions, contrary to popular beliefs. MORE THAN ABORTIONS MISLEADING STATISTICS A statistic circulated the 94% of Planned Parenthood’s procedures are abortions, which is misleading and untrue. It was created by a Susan B. Anthony association and included all “pregnancy services,” including prenatal tests and adoption referrals, even though the two are totally unrelated (Rovner). Adoption referrals do not even directly correlate to abortions. If a parent seeks an abortion referral, it would mean that they were planning on having the child and not aborting...
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...help from law enforcement officers and in the courts the cases are given minimum status for prosecution. The focus just is not there nor is there a sense of urgency as it is in the case of abused women. There are very limited resources available for abused men and very minimal funding provide for assistance of any kind. Statics have shown that domestic violence reports rates are higher in women than in men since men tend to hide the abuse due to being socially stereotyped or just because of their own pride. Even so there is a great need for the equal opportunity for the abuse victim regardless of their gender. Researchers into domestic violence believe that it may not against women decrease at a rapid rate but that we should walk away when the men share their pain? Chloe, a thirty five year old female called police regarding alleged abuse by her husband, she quickly came to her senses and admitted to police that she should be the one being arrested. Chloe said that she had physically and verbally abuse her disabled husband; unfortunately law enforcement officers did not arrest or detain Chloe and the abuse continued (Malenfant, 2001). No matter who is the abusing partner in a relationship, domestic violence is a very serious issue. Domestic violence against women is something that everyone is familiar with. However, domestic violence against men is slowly becoming recognized by society. Men are slowly coming forward to...
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...Argosy University | Psychology in The Community | Resources for Domestic Violence Victims, Addiction Counseling, and Faith-Based Treatment for Logan, Ut. | | Stefani Coltrin | 6/22/2015 | The contents in this paper are to help those who are looking for domestic violence services, drug addiction counseling, and faith-based treatment. These are some of the options available for the Logan, Ut and Northern Utah area. | If you are a client who was looking for substance abuse treatment first you would need to find out if you want outpatient or inpatient treatment. If you are looking for outpatient treatment Bear River Substance Abuse has an IOP program that you can attend for 4 weeks while being there 4 hours a day. Bear River Substance Abuse Program also provides classes such as early recovery group, recovery skills, relapse prevention, women’s group, and aftercare. There are a lot amazing inpatient rehabs that are designed for both males and females. If you are a mother who is trying to get your child back then the House of Hope would be good suggestion. The House of Hope offers a great program called “Women and Children” where they offer much more than just substance abuse. They will assist you with getting your children back, let your children live with you, and provide a lot of educational classes. Most residential treatment centers are longer than 30 days. Some of the inpatient treatment facilities that I would recommend days are House of Hope, Odyssey House...
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...Sula to readers. She is independent, unconventional and wild compared to other black women during that time in the novel. In the novel, after Sula comes back to Bottom to meet her grandmother and her grandmother wants her to get married and be settled, she says: “I don’t want to make somebody else. I want to make myself.” (92) Her declaration displays an image of an independent woman who can take care of herself and live by herself without a man. This “New World Woman” image really destroys the view of people who see black women always dependence on their husbands and need men to support their lives. Also, from the sexual life aspect of Sula, it shows the image of “New World Woman” of Sula. The quote from the novel says “She was pariah, then knew it. Knew that they despised her and believed that they framed their hatred as disgust for the easy way she lay with men”, (122) which indicates that Sula is so unconventional and wild that she does not care about her reputation and this behavior is kind immoral in other people’s view in Bottom since they think women should always obedient to their husbands. In addition, Sula leave Bottom for ten years and went to college during that time, which is not major black women would to do. Furthermore, from 1976 Interview with Toni Morrison1, Toni Morrison also mentions Sula as “a woman alone – not a woman without a man, but a woman alone, without women friends”. In the later life of Sula, she is a woman not only without men but also without...
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...Behavioral Objective 65% of program participants will have an increase in condom use over the next 6 months Predisposing Objective The target population’s protected sexual encounters will increase by 33% within a 3 month period. Reinforcing Objective 35% of target population will leave abusive relationships with 3 months of very first encounter. Enabling Objective (for behavior) The target population incidence of STIs will decrease by 42% within 2 months. Environmental Objective 60% of participants will have an increase in their knowledge of HIV transmission with 3 months. Enabling Objective (for environment) 75 % of the target population will be able to identify three community resources within a 1 month period. 2. Describe the specific Intervention Strategies you will use to reach EACH of the objectives listed below. These strategies should utilize methods of health promotion, such as education, health communication, health engineering, community engagement, advocacy, etc.. Be specific. This is the very heart of your actual program activities, so this part should contain a fair amount of detail about what services your program will offer directly to participants or to others on their behalf. All strategies should be designed/selected based on research evidence and relevant theory. Predisposing...
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...Paper University Of Phoenix Communicable Disease Paper In the following paper a communicable disease will be identified. In addition, the disease and the efforts to control it, the environmental factors related to this disease will be described. Also an explanation of lifestyles, socioeconomics status, and disease management will be explained. Gaps and how this might link to other resources to meet needs that are not locally available, recommendation to expand the communities programs if there are gaps will be provided. In conclusion, what is the public health department doing in reducing the threats of this disease, and data findings, evidence-based intervention, and a plan to ensure quality health will be explained. A communicable disease is an infectious disease that can be transmitted from an infected person to another, which is also called a contagious disease. Communicable diseases can be spread very easy and be can range anywhere from a cold to anthrax. Awareness about communicable disease is going to be the biggest way in preventing many diseases that exist now. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), chlamydia is a very common sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis, which is a dangerous disease that can damage a woman’s reproductive system and can ultimately lead to pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) or even infertility. The symptoms that chlamydia present is known as a “silent” disease because...
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...Name Instructors Name Course 1 December 2009 Breaking the Cycle: Calming the Cries through Alternatives An emergency is at hand. The lights are flashing red and blue, the cries ring out, and women are ripped from their homes at alarming rates, leaving children motherless. The statistics are staggering; the Institute on Women & Criminal Justice reports that the past three decades has seen an explosion in female incarceration rates, growing 832% from 1977 to 2007 with an astounding 4% of women in state prisons and 3% of women in federal prisons pregnant at the time of admittance (Women’s Prison Association 4). Lives are at stake. Every court decision, every judgment cast, effects more than just the individual involved. The future is dependent on how society treats the present. In order to combat the crisis, it is vital to understand its origins and its impact; from this understanding, alternatives that consider the health and well being of all involved can be formulated and delivered. The United States has less than 5% of the world’s population, but boasts the overwhelming figure of almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners (Liptak 1). With nearly 2.3 million bars, one in 100 American adults is locked up. “Criminologists and legal experts here and abroad point to a tangle of factors to explain America's extraordinary incarceration rate: higher levels of violent crime, harsher sentencing laws, a legacy of racial turmoil, a special fervor in combating illegal drugs, the...
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...Introduction The dramatic growth in obesity and overweight among Americans has become a health topic, which receives widespread of attention in the media. Providers believe that environmental and community factors contribute to unhealthy habits, which pose a major risk for chronic health conditions. The following are chronic health conditions: diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, stroke, high cholesterol, asthma, and depression. These health consequences can lead to premature death and chronic health conditions, which reduces the quality of life. In the Atlanta area, obesity has increased over the past 10 years in which affects an individual life. Health care organizations have established health objectives to reduce the prevalence of obesity among individuals in America. What is overweight and obesity? According to National Heart and Lung Institute (2010) “the terms overweight and obesity refer to a person’s overall body weight and whether it’s too high” (What are overweight and obesity, para. 1). A person is overweight when he or she is above a weight because of muscle, bone, and fat. Obese occurs when individuals have extra body fat on them. Hospitals, community clinics, and public health care agencies utilize the body mass index (BMI) to measure overweight and obesity for adults, children, and teens. BMI is the ratio of a person’s weight to the square of his or her height (MediLexicon International Ltd, 2011). This is an assessment tool to chart...
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...the Environment & Natural Resources The country is widely acknowledged as having an outstanding endowment of natural resources, which could provide essential ecosystem services to the population. Demands arising from development and utilization activities, population expansion, poor environmental protection, and external factors such as climate change, however, have placed the country’s environment and natural resources under grave threat. For the medium-term, an environment that is healthy, ecologically balanced, sustainably productive, climate change resilient, and one that provides for present and future generations of Filipinos is envisioned. This vision will be pursued through an integrated and community-based ecosystems approach to environment and natural resources management, precautionary approach to environment and natural resources, sound environmental impact assessment (EIA) and cost-benefit analysis (CBA). These, then, are all anchored on the principles of shared responsibility, good governance, participation, social and environmental justice, intergenerational space and gender equity, with people at the core of conservation, protection and rehabilitation, and developmental initiatives. Assessment State of the Environment and Natural Resources The degraded state of the country’s environment and natural resources is felt most intensely by the poor, especially the rural communities given that they depend on these resources for their primary source of living...
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...According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women in the United States, when not considering some skin cancers (Breast cancer statistics, CDC, 2015). The Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Hispanic (not exclusive of race) minorities have lower incidence and death rates than both White women and African-American women. More than any other racial group, White women are more likely to have breast cancer, yet African-American women are more likely to die from the disease (Breast cancer rates by race and ethnicity, CDC, 2015). According to a report published by the American Cancer Society (ACS), Black women are more likely to be diagnosed at the regional and distant stages than White women are (ACS, 2014). Additionally, Hispanic women are also more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer stages two through four (Chen and Li, 2015). White women are more likely to be diagnosed at the local stage of cancer than Black women are (ACS, 2014). Furthermore, this ACS report states that those women diagnosed at the localized stage have a 99% 5-year relative survival (ACS, 2014). All of this data seems to indicate that breast cancer diagnosis is not independent of...
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...they have not had a Pap smear or a physical in years. The main reason for this is they are unable to afford to pay for the services or they do not have insurance. This clinic will offer the basic services to women at a very low charge or none at all. The services that will be free of charge are mammograms, pregnancy tests, cancer screenings, and STD testing. In the event that any of these tests are positive, they would then be referred to a specialist for the specific reason. For example, should a woman test positive for pregnancy, the clinic would help her find an obstetrician and help her apply for Medicaid. Under Texas requirements, if you are a pregnant teen or woman, you could apply and receive Medicaid as long as the other requirements are met. The same would apply to those who test positive for any other screenings. Other services to be included at the clinic are annual exams and contraceptive options. There are several reasons why this clinic would be considered special and different. While I do not know exactly how many clinics are like this in Texas, I do know have any clinics like this here in El Paso, TX. In doing research, I was able to find a clinic similar but only offered free pregnancy tests. Sierra Providence Teen Health Resource Center offers free pregnancy tests and prenatal education to teens who think they might be...
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...coordinate breast care in a complex healthcare system. It also evaluated the effectiveness of the navigator role as it supports the elimination of barriers to care for minorities and women living in low-income and underserved communities. This study reviewed the results from surveys given to women being treated for breast cancer at different hospitals, and cancer clinics to determine if navigation improves patient access to appropriate evidence-based healthcare. The findings showed higher patient satisfaction and compliance, continuity of care, decreased anxiety levels, and increased social support systems from families and friends when navigation services were provided. Key Words: Patient Navigator; Breast Care Coordinator; Breast Care Patient Navigator; Breast Cancer in Women; Current Studies involving Breast Cancer Introduction Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death and the most common disease found in women living in the United States (Basu, Linebarger, Gabram, Patterson, Amin, & Ward, 2013). The American Cancer Society estimates at least 207,090 women will be diagnosed annually with invasive breast cancer (Kober, Padula, Gray, & Powell, 2011). The mortality rate for breast cancer remains high among ethnic minorities and women living in underserved communities (Gabitova, & Burke, 2014). ). A...
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...INTRODUCTION Emergence of Poverty as an Area of Enquiry The literature on poverty today is quite voluminous. The contributors to this literature came from diverse disciplines including sociology, anthropology, education, political economy, geography, agronomy, biology, nutrition etc. However, its need to be mentioned that though mention of poor, poverty, charity etc can be seen in the writing of social and moral philosophers of pre and post reformation era, the scholars have directed their attention to poverty as a distinct area of enquiry only since late fifties and early sixties of the century. The interest of scholars followed rather than preceded the interest of policy makers and lay public even though large scale poverty did not disappear from less developed counties or even developed countries after the years of great depression. The first systematic enquiry into people in want was possibly done by Charles Booth in 1886. He undertook house-to-house enquiry in the poorer district of London. His discourse used two terminologies viz. poor and very poor. He described poor as those who struggle but are able to earn sufficiently regular income to obtain necessaries of life for making both ends meet. In contrast, the very poor cannot do so and live in a state of chronic want. Booth published his findings in two volumes on “Life and Labor of the People in London” in 1889 and 1891. Booth, it may be claimed invented what is today known poverty line and also Head count of Household...
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... Smoking during and after pregnancy will causes sudden infant death syndrome. Babies born to women who smoke are more likely to have a cleft lip or cleft palate . SItes, 31 Sites, 2000—2005 [pic] [pic] ----------------------- Smoke or smoking means inhaling, exhaling, or burning any lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or other lighted tobacco product in any manner or form. Not only does smoking contribute to death and illness in smokers, it is also harmful to infants exposed to second hand smoke. Quitting smoking can be hard, but it is one of the best ways a woman can protect herself and her baby’s health. Sigi Jose Resources Available Driscoll Children’s Hospital 3533 S. Alameda Street Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi Health Dept. 1702 Horne Road, Corpus Christi, Texas 78416(361 826-7200 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA30333, USA www. cdc.gov. National Resource Web-Based Resource • • [pic] References Surveillance summaries Retrieved May 9, 2009 from http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5804a1.htm Centers for disease control feature Retrieved Dec 7, 2011 from http://www.cdc.gov/Features/PregnantDontSmoke/ WISE WOMAN WORKS We will see examples of five strategies that build strong WISEWOMAN projects: Empowering and Motivating Women. Expanding Staff Capacity. Giving Access to Counseling and Medication. Responding to Women’s...
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...Running Head: AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM BREAST CANCER 1 African American Women Are More Likely To Die From Breast Cancer Denise Blanchard Student ID: 000239612 Western Governors University August 20, 2012 AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM BREAST CANCER 2 Research suggests African American women are more likely to die from breast cancer because of their lack of health insurance, late stage diagnosis, and their rate of obesity. AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM BREAST CANCER 3 Outline I. Introduction A. African American women are more likely to die from breast cancer than any other race of the same gender. B. African American women are more likely to die from breast cancer because of the lack of health insurance, late stage diagnosis, and their rate of obesity. 1. In 2009 it was reported that 1 in every 6 Americans was without health insurance (News-Medical.net, 2009). 2. African American women are often diagnosed with later stage breast cancer. 3. African American women are 26 percent more likely to be obese. II. The absence of health insurance is barrier for African American women. A. The absence of insurance leaves low-income women open to a higher rate of mortality since regular breast cancer screenings are almost...
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