Essays on Pregnancies

Introduction

Contraception as a method of population control has elicited mixed reactions from different quotas of the society. A section of religious conservatives still hold onto it that abstinence and not contraception should be the only approach to population control. On the opposing side, modernists believe that contraception allows is not only effective but also people freedom to reproduce when they wish. Canada is among the few countries on the globe where contraception has been implemented as a legal approach towards population control. In Canada, legalization of contraception was not solely done to curb population explosion but also as a ...

Introduction

The film, “If these Walls Could Talk,” is a compilation of three generational segments of stories that exonerate the plight of women in the society against the general view of the dominant sex. This film was released in 1996, and it exclusively discusses the controversial issue of abortion, which seeps in three distinct generations. The three segments of the film entail different generations and decades, but the setup for the entire story transpires in the same house. The first story is a widow, whose husband was killed on the battlefield (Stuart, 2008). Demi Moore is the woman in the ...

Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention

Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention The proposed public health leadership theory was developed to identify public health interventions that can address risky sexual behavior in teenagers, which is associated with teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevalence in teenagers. The risk factors contributing to risky sexual behaviors in the teenage population and the interventions public health leaders can use to address those factors are presented in Figure 1. Figure 1. Public health leadership theory on interventions for addressing risk factors associated with risky sexual behaviors in teenagers. Teen sex behaviors can be influenced by their socioeconomic ...

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Introduction

For the purposes of this research paper, the homeless population living in Camden and Atlantic City in New Jersey have been studied. The specific age group of homeless people that has been selected are those individuals with ages between 18 and 21 years. The paper will explore the various health problems that homeless people of this age group are most likely to suffer from. A review of the available literature has been conducted in order to determine which prevention initiatives have so far proven to be most effective in addressing and resolving the identified ...

Abstract

For a century, Planned Parenthood has been working to improve reproductive health in America. With thousands of health centers spread all over the country, Planned Parenthood has wide reach that ensures Americans have access to reproductive health. Their efforts have ensured millions of Americans get sex education and get reproductive healthcare for poor Americans who cannot afford standard healthcare. Their role in American society cannot be limited to just the forefront for reproductive rights and availability and access to healthcare, as they are the agency that runs several programs to educate and facilitate communication. While the House Republicans claim ...

Chapter One: Introduction to Pre-Eclampsia Study

Chapter One: Introduction to Pre-Eclampsia Study As one of the leading global causes of maternal mortality, pre-eclampsia and related conditions have a remarkably wide impact (Sibai, Dekker & Kupferminc, 2005; Ghulmiyyah & Sibai, 2012). Diseases like pre-eclampsia can strike women of any age and with any socioeconomic background. The issues associated with pre-eclampsia are global, but there are certain populations that are more heavily impacted than others—and these populations are the ones that require investigation (Sibai, Dekker & Kupferminc, 2005). Pre-eclampsia is a condition that is associated with high maternal blood pressure and protein in maternal urine, but it is a ...

How absentee fathers affect teen pregnancy in daughters

Introduction The family is the basic unit of society. From this structure, individuals learn the tenets of how to integrate into society and cope with other members. Most mammal species live in the family unit, be it nuclear or extended. Within the family, members learn to bond, share and assist each other with difficulties. The human species shows the most sophisticated form of human organization. When children get born, they only get taught how to survive as adults, but there are certain values that parents must pass on to their children. Each family and society have different values and ...

Abstract

The purpose of writing this research paper is to evaluate the legislative standing of abortion. Throughout history abortion has been a controversial issue, and still is. The US Courts have given their rulings on many cases involving abortions that have transformed over the time. Abortion is a controversial issue and has given rise to many questions in the context of political science and law. Several abortion related matters have been discussed in this work such as the brief historical account of abortion rulings in the court of the US, and the impact it had on the cases; how successfully ...

Abortion classifications

Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy before the completion of the gestation term. A spontaneous abortion results in the death of the fetus or expulsion of the conception material before the twentieth week. Abortions are classified in two, early abortion which occurs before the twelfth week and late abortion occurring between the twelfth to twentieth week. There are four classifications of spontaneous abortion: the inevitable abortion where the uterus rupture, prompting vaginal bleeding and the dilation of the cervix, causing expelling the pregnancy. The difference between complete and incomplete abortion is that incomplete abortion, all the conception products ...

Introduction

Teenage pregnancy refers to the pregnancy in human females that are aged twenty years and below. Pregnancy in girls is caused by sexual intercourse after the girl has become viable, that can ovulate, which can even be before her first menstrual period but most cases occurs after the onset of her periods. This issue has many menaces alongside it, following the fact that most of the girls in this age bracket have not developed thus experience many obstetric issues. Moreover, many risks are associated with teenage pregnancy some of which include: premature labour, low birth weight, anaemia, and pre-eclampsia, ...

The revolutionary changes brought about by the rejection of the occupation of the former colonialists, and the American neo-colonialists had a profound effect on the sexual revolution in the Cuban society. Although difficulties were experienced in the previous stages, success was realized in the 70s and the 80s. Previous complications were experienced due to the dominance of the white males in the political leadership who were accustomed to the traditional patriarchal sexual ideology. The leadership soon began adopting the Marxist-Leninist concepts that emphasized on reforms of class relations and factors of production (Hamilton, 2012). The leadership sought to increase ...

Pre-eclampsia is a condition that affects a significant percentage of mothers, and accounts for mother death during childbirth anywhere from fifteen to twenty percent of the time—pre-eclampsia is one of the most significant and important causes of maternal death during childbirth to this day (Sibai, Dekker & Kupferminc, 2005; Ghulmiyyah & Sibai, 2012). As such, it is immensely important to develop strategies to deal with the problem of pre-eclampsia, but it is also essentially important to develop strategies for dealing with education and prevention of the condition (Villar et al., 2003). There are a number of common conditions that are ...

El Salvador rightwing opposition leaders are pushing for an extension of the penalties related to abortion from a range of two to eight years to a new range that will see women face a minimum of 30 years and a maximum of 50 years. That will be through a reform of the penal code article that gives guidelines on the penalties related to abortion. The leaders are hinging their demands on the Constitution of El Salvador that gives a right to live, then extrapolate that life begins at conception. Since 1998, all forms of abortion have been banned in ...

Introduction and Background

Abortion is a term that is used to define the premature termination of pregnancy. According to James E White, abortion refers to the intentional termination of the pregnancy before its conception (James 82). However, a pregnancy may fail to reach its conception stage due to natural causes. Thus the woman is termed as having a miscarriage. Miscarriages are acts of nature and beyond the human control. Due to advancement in medical technology cases of miscarriages have significantly reduced. Correspondingly, abortion does not necessarily cause the death of the fetus, but detaches it from its life support hence reducing the ...

Abstract

Lately, a lot of questions have been raised about the impacts that prenatal care may have on the development of a child in different stages. Based on important pieces of data, it is evident that human development is contributed to by a lot of factors with prenatal care being central to such factors. This paper has extensively explored secondary data to unearth aspects natured in prenatal sessions such as nutrition, genetics, behavior and teratogens as they contribute to the eventual cognitive awareness of a child. Notably, the paper is strategic in its choice for childhood cognitive development as it ...

A. Community health nursing is a concept that seeks to identify and analyze all vital data in relation to a community or a group of people to assist in the development of appropriate interventions that can improve the health status of the community or group. It is a concept that recognizes the importance of the social-health determinants and their influence on the quality of health and be quality of life depicted by the community (Stanhope, Lancaster & Stanhope, 2014). If applied, the community health nurse has to focus on the needs of the community across the economic, social, cultural and ...

Issue of Abortion in America

Issue of Abortion in America Several social issues are affecting the American societies. Some of these issues have been within them for long. These concerns have also been a part of discussions in all the academic cycles in America. One of the most discussed issues is abortion. The reasons for abortion, the legality of abortion, and the morality of the act are some of the hottest topics in discussion. This paper is set to discuss the history of the abortion, debate ways of dealing with abortion, past interventions, as well as the reasons for their success or failure.

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This research involves a critique of empirical peer-reviewed analysis and reviews of the impact and implications of inadequate prenatal care. The study examines two professional journals that provide information about late prenatal care and risk management in prenatal care. The findings indicate that prenatal care that is given late in a pregnancy often comes with inherent issues including emotional stress, self-esteem problems and substance abuse risks. These situations include the presentation of intensive prenatal care to deal with cases involving late care. There is the need for gaps and issues to be dealt with in order to get the ...

UniversityPrenatal Development and Mental Disorders

Environmental factors including socioeconomic status, trauma and parenting practices play a crucial role in early childhood development. Even though they are important, the prenatal environment has become regarded as one of most crucial periods that can be influenced by these environmental factors. This is because during the prenatal period, environmental factors can significantly affect the development of the child, which will later have a significant impact on behavioral development later in life, implying a significant link between prenatal environment and a child’s mental health, which can specifically be impacted by various teratogens, or “any environmental agent that causes ...

Prenatal Testing and Screening

Prenatal testing and screening have raised the number of ethical issues related to diagnostic testing in relation to special circumstances of pregnancy. The concerns related to the diagnostic testing involve greater ethical concerns for the parents with disabilities that need to be effectively addressed. It is debated that the prenatal diagnosis in contemporary society has enhanced the testing process to make right decisions about the pregnancy. However, there are number of concerns that evolve within our society concerning the cultural, religious and other social pressures. In the case of people with disabilities it is argued that the people often ...

Social issues cut across a large spectrum of our daily lives, cutting across from human to local area development. In the exploration of considering topics to research on, the researcher looked at the topics which are most relevant to this generations and future generations and settled on these three areas: these are potential topics that were looked into

Child Abuse

Teenage Pregnancy HIV Child abuse The first topic was Child abuse which is a term used to refer to mistreatment and acts of affliction on children. These are acts conducted by caregivers, guardians and parents of the child that often results ...

I find the Rachel R. Chapman ethnography intriguing because it gives very interesting insights in a global health initiative on maternal health care and how maternal mortality rates in Southern Africa, particularly in Central Mozambique, can be improved. Reading on, I find some of the things addressed in the book weird and absurd; it doesn’t make sense to me that pregnancies are actually, for the longest time possible, hidden from others, or how they expose someone to social threats, envy and ill will. I think pregnancy is supposed bring joy to the pregnant woman and the community at ...

Social issues cut across a large spectrum of our daily lives, cutting across from human to local area development. In my exploration of considering topics to research on, looked at the topics which are most relevant to this generations and future generations. Settled on these three areas: this is potential topics looking into

Child Abuse

Teenage Pregnancy HIV Child abuse The first topic was Child abuse is a term used to refer to mistreatment and acts of affliction on children. These are acts conducted by caregivers, guardians and parents of the child that often results to real problems and harm to ...

Adolescent pregnancy is one family planning issue that is being addressed by initiatives under the Healthy People 2020. Adolescent or teen pregnancy is defined as pregnancy in females aged 19 years or younger (UMMC, 2011). Baseline figures show that in 2005, there were 40.2 pregnancies for every 1,000 girls between 15 and 17 years old and 116.2 pregnancies for every 1,000 girls between 18 and 19 years old (ODPHP, 2016). This issue needs to be addressed because of the physical, social, and economic consequences to young girls, their children, their families, and society. Teens have a higher ...

“Poor single mother on welfare tell me how you did it?” rings the famous lyric of the late Rapper-Activist Tupac Amaru Shakur. The son of a former Black Panther, this ode to his mother provides a glimpse into the conundrum of surviving in the wake of being poor and black on public assistance. What Shakur unknowingly reveals is the image of welfare in a more empathetic and realistic way that illuminates instead of ignoring the lived realities of its recipients. While Shakur’s lyric is compassionate in it’s depiction, conservative lawmakers are less considerate in their elucidation of ...

A number of office approaches can be used to seeing an adolescent in the office. It is, therefore, important for the physician to adopt a technique that the teenager feels they are best comfortable with. Confidentiality forms the foundation of any therapeutic relationship with an adolescent. Without proper clarification of the confidentiality limits, the physician may end up getting incomplete or incorrect information during the history taking process (Batanova & Loukas, 2012). My preferred approach when dealing with an adolescent is seeing the teenager alone first and later asking the parents to join the conversation. However, before the day of ...

Many people can suggest that legislation is the only way to reduce abortions. However, the article will argue out to find out whether there is a way to lower abortion rates without involving legislation. Abortion is the termination of pregnancy that is not only a mere personal choice but also a grave offense against God. Therefore, abortion should not be used as a substitute form of contraception. It is understood that abortion is murder, no one needs a rocket science to comprehend this, and there are no compromises possible. Humankind must shield life whenever possible. The churches have stood ...

Human development patterns allow us in making generalizations concerning various stages as the infancy phase, childhood phase, adolescence, and finally the adulthood stage. For the first year following the birth, a baby is referred to as an infant. The childhood stage begins in the second year after birth and stretches until adolescence. Childhood stage is often divided into early childhood and middle childhood. Early childhood includes the pre-school years whereas middle childhood stage includes elementary school years, through the fifth or sixth grade. The adolescence stage is the second last stage of human development before adulthood. This stage is ...

Discussion of the problem and it’s prevalence in the country

A healthy relationship is defined by various factors, these include proper communication between partners, the existence of mutual trust and respect and most importantly, both partners should be able to understand each other, appreciate and embrace their differences (Brown & Bulanda, 2008). These conditions are necessary to ensure that partners are always in a position to resolve any matters arising between them in an amicable and rational manner without any violence. This scope of activities require certain skills that are unfortunately not found amongst the young adults; it’s as a result of lack of these skills amongst young adult ...

Sexual Violence and Unplanned Pregnancies

Executive Summary Greenlight Organisation is seeking for a grant to facilitate an awareness campaign for Sexual Awareness. Greenlight as an organisation was born last year through the initiatives of like-minded parents and teachers and various stakeholders in medical institutions. These members make up the board in the company: which was responsible for appointing the CEO, James Madison. The company serves in the capacities of sex educators who provide valuable information to the youth and teens on how to engage in safe sex practices. The CEO, through the board, began the initiative of public awareness last year after it was ...

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Introduction One of the problems that is pressing in today’s society is the rising incidence of pregnancy out of marriage, which is caused by a lack of knowledge regarding sexual health and reproduction. This kind of pregnancy is not only costly, but it also is the paves the way for other problems such as the infection of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), a myriad of psychological and mental problems, and unsatisfied married and parenting lives because of the effects of the partnership and children out of wedlock. Therefore, there is a need for an education among the general population ...

The first complication in many pregnancies is the fear of premature delivery. Such a realization increases the risk of health problems to the unborn babies. Studies have shown that more than half of all twin pregnancies do not stay up to the full term which increases the risk of miscarriage to the mother. The second complication that Teresa is likely to face is preeclampsia. This condition has been found to affect between 10 to 15 percent of all women carrying twins (Thomopoulos et al., 2013). Preeclampsia is characterized by traces of protein in the urine, high blood pressure to ...

Vanishing Twin Syndrome

Vanishing Twin Syndrome In 1945, Walter Stoeckel proposed that the general population of conceptions were higher for multiple fetuses that supposed, suggesting that a twin or multiple fetuses may die in utero and subsequently be reabsorbed without clinical evidence by the surviving fetus/es, mother, or placenta (Stoeckel, 1945, cited in Levi, 1976). Named the “vanishing twin syndrome”, the cause is generally not known. If abnormalities are determined, they appear related to early development and are chromosomal; improper implantation of the cord may also play a role. This paper presents a brief overview of the etiology, demographics, consequences, and tests ...

IRON SUPPLEMENTATION DURING PREGNANCY

Iron Supplementation during Pregnancy Iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy is a risk factor for adverse maternal and perinatal care. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 56 million pregnant women globally get affected with anemia, which is associated with iron deficiency. The large group of pregnant women affected with iron deficiency are mostly the poor and most vulnerable, especially those living in developing countries like South-east Asia. They have insufficient iron to meet the increased iron needs both for them and the foetus. According to Staff (2013), approximately 29% of the pregnant women experience iron depletion. Iron is vital ...

Abstract

Teenage pregnancy is a major problem affecting teenagers around globe. This is serious problem since it forces young girls and boys to drop out of school. Chances of these teenagers getting back to school after giving birth or later in life are minute. Thus, the dreams of these teen advancing to college and securing white collar jobs with sustainable income are shuttered. As such these girls and boys are forced to become young mothers and fathers at tender age while doing two to three jobs to have enough income to take care of the baby. Additionally, this problem does ...

In the recent years, the incidence of pregnancies at adolescents has been on the rise at alarming rates in the United States. Teenage pregnancies have caused adverse effects to the young mothers, the infants born to the young mother’s ant the whole society (Kappeler & Shaw, 2015, p. 196). It is estimated that out of 1000 adolescent girls, 96 of them who are aged between fifteen to nineteen years become pregnant every year. About 85% of these teen pregnancies are unplanned, and approximately 40% of them end up procuring abortion as because they do not have the support and ...

Criminal Justice: Women in Prison

In this paperwork, I am going to discuss issues in the incarceration of women such as mental illness, pregnancy, substance use, separation of family, as well as the environment. When the term Prisons is mentioned, we automatically switch our mind to young men, since approximately ninety percent of inmates are male, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It is important to note that the proportion of imprisoned women is small, but this proportion consists of hundreds of thousand women, at present, living behind bars in the United States. Currently, the number of women wedged in the criminal justice ...

Abortion

INTRODUCTION Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy in a woman as a result of medical requirement or to avoid unplanned and accidental conception. In most countries across the world, abortion is highly condemned by some groups in the society while other groups support the procedure. According to Christian teachings on life, it is believed that life begins at conception; this means that an abortion is equal to the murder of a human being. The legalization of abortion in America by the Supreme Court in the year 1973, spark controversy debates across the nation. Anti-abortion activists condemned such ...

Currently, in all American states, sexually active teens can access contraceptives even if they do not talk about sex and pregnancy with their parents and even without the consent of the parents. Contraceptives are the devices or drugs that are used to prevent a person from getting a pregnancy that is not planned for. Some contraceptives like condoms even avoid the transmission of STDs and HIV. However, some federal and state lawmakers wish to take away the ability by teenagers to protect themselves and other involved parties like their parents, partners and babies (Eichner & Maxine 87). They would like ...

A) The right to choose what happens to our bodies, the medical treatments we want to opt for and understanding the pros and cons of our decision, is as fundamental a human right as the right to have access to food and water. Informed consent is an integral part of healthcare globally and I believe that the issue of abortion also falls in the same category. If the patient’s or next of kin’s permission is sought before any surgical procedure, there is no logical reason that can justify not extending the same courtesy to women when it ...

It is a difficult choice when one decides to introduce their teenager to birth control methods. Even though the methods have been proven effective in preventing unwanted pregnancies there are many ethical and health concerns surrounding the issue (The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACBG), 2). Although there are numerous ethical, health and social disadvantages of teenagers using birth control methods, the benefits to health and social wellness of the teenagers and the society at large outweigh these disadvantages. The biggest concern for introducing birth control methods to teenagers is to address unwanted pregnancies among teenagers. Statistics by ...

Introduction

Durex was founded in 1929, when LRC (The London Rubber Company) registered the brand name. Durex released its first lubricated condoms in 1950s and became the first company to perform electronic testing. Durex is also the innovator of anatomically shaped condoms that revolutionized protected intercourse with the addition of lubricants and sex toys (Durex). The contraception industry has been growing for past few decades throughout the world, as condoms have been useful in the prevention of STDs, especially the fatal disease called AIDS. In addition, condoms have also been successful in protecting pregnancies and helping many families plan their ...

Women and Births in Bom Jesus

According to Scheper-Hughes, the residents of the place Bom Jesus were living in very squalid condition. The men, women and children were used to living a very hard life. Those poor women in Bom Jesus believed that an ideal family should have two or three children and actually that is what they actually brought up but a striking concern is that they had a range of nine to twelve pregnancies (Scheper-Hughes, 332). The answer to the question, why so many pregnancies and yet the ideal size is just a few can only be given by the culture and the ...

One of the major concerns in the field of healthcare in the developed United States is Teen Pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STD’s). Teenagers are opting pregnancy even before they hit puberty, which is an alarming situation. Teen Pregnancy has posed a huge challenge to the nation and the education provided to the teenagers is being blamed. Apart from the education provided in schools and colleges, the relationship between the teen and the parents must also be considered in providing proper education related to teen pregnancy and STD. There are many states in U.S. where the teen pregnancy ...

The media has a huge role to play in promoting sexual behavior amongst the younger generations. There are more young pregnancies today than ever before, and that is because of increase in sexual activity in this specific age group. Unlike mature adults, teenagers are unable to make wise decisions such as the use of contraceptives while engaging in such acts. It is essential to create awareness regarding birth controls amongst teenagers to ensure that there are no teenage pregnancies, and chances of STD’s are also minimized. Many schools have taken up the responsibility to provide sex education to ...

Teenage pregnancies are usually unwanted and they are the result of bad sex education. The office of the mayor of New York promotes posters within a campaign that is supposed to prevent such pregnancies from happening and the whole campaign revolves around shaming and blaming. It is not a good decision to become a parent too early in life, while one is still a teenager, but shaming these young people cannot have a good outcome. It is not about blaming, because the issue is related to prevention and fostering a different lifestyle for the young who still need to ...

Eugenics is usually a desire by the superior class of humans to create a society whose members are superior and have supernatural abilities. In the world of certain eugenics sections of the society who are considered defective and do not warrant to mix and interbreed. In an attempt to create a perfect society, the beliefs of the eugenicists took into consideration application of the theories of evolution in outrageous mannerism to thwart the influence of defective members of the society (Allen 314-25). In their quest, they supported the application of Darwin’s theories that projected survival only to the ...