Public Health Concerns Nicole Moore Ohio University Public Health Concerns Pregnancy would ideally be a time of happiness and fulfillment‚ but for many people it is not. During the nine months that a woman is pregnant she and her unborn child face many health concerns‚ many of which could be prevented with proper prenatal care (World Health Organization‚ 2012) Over the past three months that I have been working as a labor nurse I have noticed that in my community there is an overwhelming
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MALARIA IN PREGNANCY; THE NURSES ROLE IN PREVENTION AND CARE PRESENTED BY NWAKWUE NNAMDI U SEMINAR PAPER SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR NSS 507 - NURSING SEMINAR TO THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY‚ NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA JULY‚ 2014 TABLE OF CONTENT Title page …………………………………………………..………………1 Table of content …………………..…………………...……….…………..2 Abstract ……………………………………………….…..…………..……3 Introduction ………………………………………..…………….………...4 Life cycle of Malaria Parasite
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Teenage Pregnancy: Correlation is not Causation Dahlia Richardson MAT 540: Statistical Concepts for Research Ashford University Professor Dr. Stacy Thorne June 10‚ 2013 Teenage Pregnancy Introduction Teenage pregnancy has proven itself to be a global problem that places both the mother and child at risk. This paper will examine studies about the risk factors for pregnancy in women under the age of 19 and comparing them to risk factors for women between 19 and 35 inclusively to determine
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Teenage pregnancy is a widely controversial issue in the United States. Teenage mothers account for about eleven percent of all births in the US (Lowen). There are many ways in which getting pregnant at a young age hinders that individual’s likelihood of attending college or making a sufficient income in the future. If a teenager becomes pregnant‚ then their pregnancy will have a significant negative impact on their future. A teenager has a few options as to what to do in the event of pregnancy‚ one
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WITH TEEN PREGNANCY AND ABORTION AND REDUCE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON TAX PAYERS. MAIN POINTS: ·Easier access to to oral contraception will reduce the occurrence of unwanted and unplanned pregnancies and abortions and the risks associated with abortion and high risk pregnancies. ·Many teenage girl who become pregnant have a higher tendency not to finish high school and this reduces their chances at attaing stable financial status and better careers. ·The high rate of teenage pregnancies puts a
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The first‚ and perhaps most crucial‚ elements of culture we will discuss are its values and beliefs. Values are a culture’s standard for discerning what is good and just in society. Values are deeply embedded and critical for transmitting and teaching a culture’s beliefs. Beliefs are the tenets or convictions that people hold to be true. Individuals in a society have specific beliefs‚ but they also share collective values. To illustrate the difference‚ Americans commonly believe in the American Dream—that
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done by Jane Brown of the University of North Carolina and a chief author of the report 1‚017 students were used in the study ages 12-14 to research what children were exposed to which at that time was only limited to what they saw on television. During a recheck two years‚ later the research showed that children were exposed to 264 items that included movies‚ music‚ and magazines. The media outlet that the children were exposed to was monitored for sexual content. Improving what we allow our children
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Today‚ we’re going to talk about teenages’ issues that always happened around us and finally we chose the topic of "Teen Pregnancy". Let’s start with wendy‚ what do you think about Teen Pregnancy‚ is it good or bad? Wendy: I against Teen Pregnancy.There is no way one could consider teen pregnancy is a good thing. Far too many lives have been damaged due to teen pregnancy in the past. The teen for one must make adult decisions regarding the infant‚ thereby taking away the joy of being a teen.
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY Each year in the U.S. almost one million teenagers become pregnant--at enormous costs to themselves‚ their children‚ and society. While the facts are clear‚ the issues of teenage pregnancy are complicated by our conflicting attitudes and behaviors. Talk of sex fills the airwaves; younger and younger girls are portrayed as sex objects; and sex is used to sell everything from clothing to news. Yet we are shocked at the rising numbers of teens who are sexually active. If we are truly
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M. Nodine‚ P. & Hastings -Tolsma‚ M. (2013). Maternal Obesity: Improving Pregnancy Outcomes. The American Journal of Maternal/ Child Nursing‚ 37(2)‚ 57. The article "Maternal Obesity: Improving Pregnancy Outcomes" presents a valued information about select obstetrical risks associated with maternal obesity. In this article‚ the reader gets to know prevention and managenemt strategies on how to avoid or decrease the adverse outcomes‚ caused by maternal obesity. The author emphasizes the
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