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A paper investigating the health of Mozambique's women. HIV/AIDS issues are discussed as well as Infant and Maternal mortality rates. Comments on problems of floods in the spring of 2000 are also included.

Tags:women's, health, mozambique

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This paper explains that Mozambican women are in desperate need of quality health care and sex education to fight against the high mortality rates and the spread of HIV/AIDS. The author also feels that general education about safe water and living conditions needs to be taught to fight malaria and cholera. But, the author feels the chances of this happening, in such a poor and strife worn country, are poor. Figure. Outline.

Table of Contents
Introduction
HIV/AIDS
Infant and Maternal Mortality
Flood Problems
Conclusion

From the Paper
"In the spring months of 2000, there was a great deal of flooding in Mozambique. The Mozambican Ministry of Health, WHO and other international bodies such as UNICEF and the Red Cross implemented strategies to control the spread of cholera and malaria in the African nation. Up to 250,000 people in Mozambique were at risk of malaria or cholera due to the flooding. As the weather warmed and the floodwaters subsided, breeding conditions for mosquitoes were at their prime. The Mozambican Ministry of Health announced that the number of malaria cases in the Matupo province increased to as many
as 80,000. Steps to control the mosquito populations were taken, including the spraying of high-risk areas."

Tags:AIDS, HIV, mortality, cholera, malaria

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The paper examines how women's health is a subject which, as many commentators have noted, is often complicated by factors such as class, race, and culture. In this analysis the development and delivery of health care to women considers the roles played by these factors in our contemporary health care system. The two articles compared and contrasted here focus on the perceptions of health care among two traditionally marginalized female populations: poor immigrant women and poor aboriginal women.

Tags:women, health, canada

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This paper explores women's health issues in the 19th century. The writer suggests that the attitudes of men toward women were central to issues concerning women's health. The paper looks at primitive gynecologic practices, allopathic medicine, personalities including midwife Martha Ballard and trends such as Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The writer concludes that studying the history of the progress in women's health is an excellent way for women to learn what they will have to do to improve their own futures.

From the Paper
"In the 19th century, any female complaint was likely to be considered a nervous disorder. The woman in "The Yellow Wallpaper" is the victim of what contemporary men labeled "hysteria" for which many hysterectomies were performed. Getting out from behind that male imposed wallpaper was a major effort of will for women. If she complained too much, a woman would most likely be subjected to the new hysterectomy procedure developed by Dr. Robert Battley, which had a very high mortality rate. Doctors like the husband in Gilman's story provoked a reactionary movement that included the efforts of Dr. John Kellogg and Dr. Sylvester Graham, part of the popular health movement that flourished from 1820-1870. They encouraged loose, healthy clothing, exercise and steam baths for both sexes, advocated vegetarian, whole wheat, alcohol free diets and strongly rejected masturbation as sinful, lawless and unhealthy."

Tags:feminist, hysterectomy, hysteria, gynecology, primitive

Abstract
In this article, the writer explains that HB 1215, or the Women's Health and Human Life Protection Act, bans all abortions in the state of South Dakota, except if necessary to save the mother's life. The writer notes that sponsors and supporters of this bill believe that abortion is wrong because unborn children are the most vulnerable members of society. The writer then points out that such supporters designed this bill to challenge the Supreme Court's ruling in "Roe v. Wade", which defines the current U.S. law on abortion. The writer then points out that many Americans believe it is immoral for the government to interfere with their fellow citizens' private reproductive decisions, and that passing HB 1215 might result in extensive political conflicts. The writer therefore proposes to vote against HB 1215.

Outline:
Introduction
Key Points
Argument for Voting against HB 1215
Recommendation

From the Paper
"In fact, existing law mandates a 24-hour waiting period and counseling prior to the procedure. Girls under the age of 16 must also notify a parent. No South Dakota doctor will perform the procedure therefore the Sioux Falls Planned Parenthood Clinic is the sole clinic that agrees to do so once a week, flying in doctors from Minnesota. Consequently, only 0.2%, or approximately 800 out of a total 390,000 South Dakota women will opt for an abortion annually."
"Should HB 1215 be signed into law, abortion opponents are confident Roe v. Wade could be overturned. So far, 14 states have considered bills that would ban abortion in all or most cases, according to NARAL Pro-Choice America. This ban may set a precedent and swing the vote in those states, including nearly every state in the South and some of the states across the industrial Rust Belt, states that have already enacted most of the abortion restrictions now allowed."

Tags:abortion, south dakota, Roe v. Wade unborn

Abstract
The paper explains that determinants of health are factors that affect health and determine the length and quality of life. The paper relates that among the determinants listed by Health Canada are income and social status, education, and social support networks. The paper explains that income is given highest priority because research indicates "income is the best predictor of your health and life expectancy". The paper then discusses how determinants of health are important to women's issues and shows how determinants interact and can overlap since violent relationships can persist because of poverty, and violence can lead to self-destructive behavior.

From the Paper
"What are determinants of health? Why are they important to an understanding of women's health issues? Determinants of health are factors that affect health and determine the length and quality of life. Among the determinants listed by Health Canada are income and social status, education, and social support networks (Unit 1 18). Income is given highest priority because research indicates "income is the best predictor of your health and life expectancy" (Unit 1 15). Determinants of health are important to women's issues: violence against women is one major determinant. Determinants interact and can overlap..."

Tags:women's, issues, medicine

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In this article, the writer notes that the history of oral contraceptives in the United States and the world is one of many controversies. The writer points out that the fight by forward minded women and men, attempting to create a society where every child was a planned and welcomed member to a loving family, has been long and arduous and certainly is not over yet. The writer discusses that the issues surrounding oral contraceptives are varied but include perspectives of ethical/moral grounds, issues regarding the science of development, issues regarding pharmaceutical economics, issues regarding general economics such as access in underserved populations, and more common economic arguments about benefits versus cost. The writer concludes that future pharmacological research and development will continue to improve upon oral contraceptives, possibly further decreasing the unwanted side effects associated with the pill.

From the Paper
"The draw to the pill as an effective form of contraception is often related of the ability to take the pill at any time, (providing that you take it around the same time every day) but that it can be separated from the act of sex, a common complaint by barrier contraceptive method users. Proper use of "the pill" as it is often called will create a situation of failure in only 1% of cases, though clinicians and manufacturers are careful to warn that if a pill is skipped ovulation can occur and that there are other medications that if taken in conjunction with the pill make it less effective, such as antibiotics. Another benefit of the pill is that it is relatively quick to take effect once the cycle of pills has been started, though this varies between different pill forms, with combined contraceptives, (estrogen and progesterone) the most common form taking about a week to take full effect and progesterone only pills (mini pills) taking only a few days. Lastly, the relatively quick manner in which the oral contraceptives leave the body, and therefore allow fertility again is another serious draw for use."

Tags:fertility, pill, ovulation, contraceptives

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This paper discusses six different newspaper articles that look at the issue of women and health. The articles reflect a current analysis of menopause, hormones, pregnancy, fitness and birth-control, all important factors of the multi-faceted aspects of women's health. The paper individually analyzes the main aspects of each newspaper article.

From the Paper
"Women's Health: Popular Trends In the popular media, the first glimpses one is given of the issue of women's health is centered in the superficiality of health issues--beauty and weight management. Naturally, these issues are central to health (beauty to overall health and weight management to lower health risks)--but it is not for these reasons that the media tends to idealize the slim beauty. However, if one continues looking, they can discover that there is a general awareness of certain women's health issues underneath that surface, some important ones being menopause, birth control, pregnancy and fitness."

Tags:women, media, health

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The paper discusses how an illness such as ovarian cancer, breast implants and menopause can cause the inability to perform simple tasks but it can also negatively affect the body which causes psychological distress towards the patient. The paper explores the research that shows how higher self-esteem among cancer patients is reliant upon a supportive family unit, friends and the support of other women who have survived the same ordeal. The paper also shows how a woman can overcome an illness by having a strong support system.

From the Paper
"An unsupportive family adds more psychological distress among cancer patients which leads to higher levels of depression. Depression arises from low self-esteem which is also a factor in a patient's sense of mastery over a disease. If a patient feels as though they are in control, that they are still capable of achieving their diurnal routines then the disease has little affect on them psychologically. If, however, the disease affects their routine and the ability to achieve certain simple tasks such as going to the bathroom alone, then their inability to control their illness allows for low self-esteem which subsequently leads to depression."

Tags:ovarian, cancer, breast, implants, menopause, self-confidence