A woman is an important individual in the society and her health affects the society in general. With the identification of women importance, the MDG 5 focuses on women’s sustainable health and development. The Lancet Commission comprised of academicians, clinicians, advocates, policy makers and scientists in different disciplines and roles in health care, made recommendations in redefining the field of women’s health thus ensuring that comprehensive health needs are met thought out life (Langer, 2015).
Women face lots of stressor everyday that render her vulnerable to illness and health issues and strengthening women’s health is crucial because a healthy woman contribute to better educated and more productive societies (Onarheim, 2016).
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These barriers lead to poor maternal health of women that increases the rate of maternal mortality. Maternal malnutrition as perceived by over nutrition is a sign of poor maternal health. According to WHO BMI of Asian categories, 19.7% are overweight and 26.8% are obese which supported by the study that Filipino women had the highest proportion of overweight and obesity (Appel, 2011). Maternal malnutrition can lead to chronic non-communicable diseases like heart diseases (22%), cancer (21.6%), stroke (6%) and diabetes (2.7%) –which are the leading causes of female death in a 2014 survey of the Center for Disease Control Prevention (CDC, 2017). Moreover, study shows that Filipino American women have highest rates of cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure incidence (Appel, 2011). Aside from chronic non-communicable diseases in women, worldwide about 50-55% of adults with HIV are women (Murray, 2015) and women’s living with HIV around the globe continues to grow, compromising women’s sexual and …show more content…
Studies shows that education is associated with good maternal health (Sun et al, 2012; Jayachandrans and Lleras-Muney, 2009; Tooth, 2015; Onarheim, 2016) as supported by the study above that educated woman possess autonomy in making decision for her own health and well-being. The government, NGO’s and other grassroots organization supporting women’s health should include programs in improving the level of education of women especially those who are below poverty line, as for healthier women lead to a more productive and healthier society. In addition, caring for women is critical that health care provider recognize and understand the importance of culturally sensitive care (Appel, 2011) as culture can hinder women’s access and utilization of health care services. Providing a culturally sensitive health care services provide efficient and cost-effective health care. In improving the MCN practice, the nurse need to understand the diversity of her clients for woman’s culture, level of education, mental and psychosocial issues affects the delivery of quality health care in women, as these issues presented in different studies
The United States maternal care is on par with many third world countries, and among maternal mortality, African-American women are the ones most
The Every Women Matters Program was a program that was put in place to for women to get early cervical and breast cancer screening testing done. This program was for low-income women in the state of Nebraska. Seven different private practices participated in this program. This paper will discuss the reason the program was put into place as well as the reasons it failed.
“If society will not admit of woman 's free development, then society must be remodeled.”, states Elizabeth Blackwell. Who is Elizabeth Blackwell, you might wonder? I questioned the same thing. After some research, I was able to find that not only was she the first woman to graduate from an American medical school, but she also established the first women 's college for medicine, called Women’s Medical College in England. Unbeknownst to the world, February 3rd, 1821, marked the birth of a certain woman who would one day, change the future of medicine for females all over the world.
Introduction It is very important for Health programs to reach out and be able to help all sorts of different kinds of people, which are being affected by an illness or disease. Programs that know about individuals and their culture will benefit greatly, when knowing the background of their culture and why they may struggle with such problems in their health. I found two programs that are working for the people, the programs had to be beneficial with the certain cultures of people they are trying to reach out to. For one of the programs I decided to talk about was the, Black Women’s Health Impetrative and its interactions to help inform African American women the signs of Cardiovascular disease.
Midwives play an imperitive role when advising women on their care an it is exceptionally important to liase our information in a professional form. Guaranteeing the information is non-biased and informative allowing the women to have control on her decision making (NMC 2017). A quantitive research by Beglry (2010) agress that women who are in our care are to be considered as partners when deciding their plan of care. Within our role a professional relationship is central and women trust midwives deeply. I have found asking open-ended questions promotes and encoursges women to actively take part in the decision making.
On the other hand, malnutrition is shown to be declining (fig.1), yet; in under 5s it is still as high as 780 million (12.9%) globally- mainly found in LICs (fig.2) (WHO, 2017). Among adults (18+), more than 650 million (13%) were quantified as obese along with a verge of 2 billion (39%) overweight in 2016. Moreover, unlike children or young people, in adulthood the epidemic rate among sexes is slightly lower in men (11%) than women (15%)
We need to have more awareness and cross-cultural skills if we want provide better quality care for our patients and our community. Patient education and effective communication play a vital role in patients’ attitudes towards the healthcare system. Providers and social workers need to take their time in explaining the patients about the healthcare
Women’s place and role in the society is something that has been discussed and changed over time. Should their rights be the same as men’s? Should they be superior? Inferior? The world faces a dilemma on weather they should be or not equal as men.
This is why primary health care is of uttermost importance, the nurse in the community must try to help prevent, educate and overcome these inequalities and provide the highest standards of health for all, which is not based on want but need. For the
“The Culture of Midwifery” There is often a thought when someone says “midwife” and that is that they help deliver babies. But there is much more to the occupation of midwifery and the men and women that fill this occupation. In the United States there are “approximately 15,000” midwives that are practicing in medical facilities, and this does not include the number of midwives that are self-promoted (MANA, 2015). The educational requirements for midwives is extensive, the diversity of treatments they do versus an obstetrician is huge, and the “soft” skills that create a lasting effect with the patients makes a difference. Midwives have been and are changing the way women look at their prenatal, birthing, and post-natal care.
According to Northoff (2007), nutrition is critical for a healthy and active life, but many people around the world still have no access to sufficient and nutritious food because of poverty and lack of nutrition education. Moreover, Riddle (2005) stresses that nutrition education is a key for developing the skills and motivation needed to eat well, and is especially important in situations where families have limited resources. The benefits of nutrition education and counselling can directly influence nutritional status, consequently, helping in attaining the millennium development goal (MDG) to reduce the prevalence of hunger and malnutrition (Garcia, 2008). In a recent preliminary study conducted by ENDESA in 2007, the way in which the mother’s educational level influenced malnutrition was observed. Statistics reveal that 15.4 percent of children of mothers with no education suffered from chronic malnutrition, while 9.4 percent and 4.7 percent in children of mothers with secondary or higher education levels respectively (Acevedo & Menendez, 2006).
Unlike doctors that only have one agenda when it comes to a woman giving birth, midwives provide women with individualized care uniquely suited to their physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and cultural needs. In the course of developing that relationship, midwives provide personalized and thorough care at many levels that empowers the soon-to-be mother in her ability to give birth and care for her baby. The maternity care practiced should be based on the needs of the mother and child and not the caregiver or provider; therefore, interventions should be avoided with the natural birthing process unless complications arise. Until 1940, midwives used to deliver most babies; however, there was a cultural and social shift that made women believe that the hospital provided a safer, pain-free birth without risks of hemorrhage, infection or death (Connerton). This movement has “grappled with economic, political, religious and racial differences” (Craven).
While the prevalence of malnutrition (height for age) in areas with an urban population share below 20% is 48.9%, this figure is only 25.3% in areas with an urban population share between 50% and 90%. The same trend is found with weight for age: while the rate is about 26.2% in areas with an urban population share below 20%, the figure is only 9.5% in areas where that share is between 50% and 90%. Differences between urban and rural areas in health care centres and access to health facilities explain the differences in life expectancy and childhood malnutrition. On average, only 46.2% of African children are taken to a health provider: only 41.7% in areas with an urban share less than 20% and 51.2% in areas with an urban share between 50% and 90%. Moreover, births attended by skilled staff are only 38.3% in areas with an urban population share below 20% and 78.0% in areas with that share between 50% and 90%.
According to the royal society, between1930 and 2010 the world’s population grew from 2 billion to 6.8 billion ,so the Continuing population causes a consumption growth and that means the global demand will increase over the next years and growing competition for land, water and energy will increase too(Black, 2010). Growth of population will affect on some countries ability to produce food especially in the poor developing countries, so improved nutrition is central to improved income generation, poverty reduction, and provide a good food quality. Lack of food quality has an impact on mother’s nourishment because they are more likely to give a birth, so mothers which are malnourished later will give birth of babies with a less healthier, growth retardation are associated with reduced physical activity, impairment of
Hunger problem exists mostly in underdeveloped countries. Hunger could be transmitted from mother to child. Every year, million of children are born underweight because their mothers are also