Essays on Pregnant Woman

Public Health

Public Health Today, many diseases, which emerge can be transmitted to a large number of population in different parts of the world. Everyone is vulnerable, even though technology and other health care informatics are evolving every day. However, there are efforts from different professionals in the medical field to address all health concerns and diseases that target the human species. In 2015, the Zika virus disease has been identified as a local transmission in Brazil and continue to spread through different areas of the United States. In the following year, travel-associated cases have been reported to increase. In addition ...

2017-01-02

Abstract The issue of such parasitic disease as toxoplasmosis is presented in this paper. This disease is caused by the pathogen Toxoplasma gondii. The cases of toxoplasmosis are more prevalent in African countries and countries of Latin and South America. The toxoplasmosis usually has final and intermediary owners: domestic animals (primarily cats) are the intermediary owners and they can infect human. There are different forms of the toxoplasmosis. The adult organism with the strong immune system may not even notice that he is sick. At the same time, the common symptoms of the toxoplasmosis are similar to the acute ...

Q.1 In Roe v Wade, the US Supreme Court indicated the cutoff for election abortion to be upon or prior to fetal viability during the trimester of the pregnancy which is approximately sixteen weeks. Yes, this timeframe set by the court is seems certainly a logical decision since it ensures that a woman’s right to privacy and liberty to terminate her pregnancy in case where her life is not in danger. Q.2 In Roe v Wade and the subsequent cases that followed its logic, the court made it clear that the right to abortion is not absolute and ...

Abstract

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 ...

Introduction

Most women are bound to get pregnant at some point in their lives. Therefore, it is of great importance to provide protection for them against discrimination before, during and after pregnancy. Pregnant women who are employed are often susceptible to discrimination. Pregnancy discrimination can be described as discrimination against women who are pregnant, have undergone childbirth, or have a pregnancy-related medical condition (Pedriana, 2009). It might be manifested in the form of denial of time off, denial of reasonable accommodation, firing or demotion, forced time off, restrictions on work, and any other negative actions by an employer due to ...

Executive Summary

The results of the recent studies among U.S. pregnant women prove that fish consumption during pregnancy benefits the cognition of the offspring in infancy but at the same time, high levels of mercury that fish contain have adverse effects on the cognition of little children. So, it is recommended to pregnant women to look for the fish species with a low level of mercury. The issue whether pregnant women harm their babies or on the contrary benefit the child’s brain development while consuming fish is ambiguous. There has been a great quantity of researchers who have been studying ...

Abortion laws have come up to be one of the most burning issues of debate in the present times. However, it needs to be reckoned that abortion in itself has negative psychological impacts on the mind of the mother. There have been many cases of acute depression and psychological scar among the women, while the dynamics of the marital relationship or socialization has also been adversely affected after abortion. As such, this study would aim to delve deep into the scenarios that lead to psychological adversities after abortion, and would also explore the possible solutions to neutralize the adverse ...

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 ...

The Bible teaches Christians that the first human beings were created in the image of God and as his representations on earth, they are unique than any other creation. That makes human life very serious and special in ways that are beyond human understanding, and that is the very base upon which Christians believe that as long as human life has been pronounced to be in existence, then it should remain sacred (Delkeskamp- Hayes & Imrenyi 2013). On the topic of abortion, Christianity holds the belief that as long as a fetus has been conceived, and the heart starts to ...

Response 4

Response: 1 In the ethical violation news about the woman in Texas, the primary concern is that, can we consider her parents’ and husband’s decision as her own free will? A person who is medically declared as brain-dead cannot take a decision. In most of the cases, such patient’s relatives take the decision. As we discuss the right of the patient to be freed from life support, we should also think about the right of the baby in her womb to live. Removing the life support will kill the baby as well, which leads to another serious ...