Abstract 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.
Abstract 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.
Abstract The paper discusses how "Glamour" initially gives the same impression as all glossy women magazines with its focus on women, clothing and beauty. The magazine is filled with slim models and the numerous advertisements are preoccupied with make up, skin care, hair and beauty, moisturizer essentials and news relating to celebrities. In fact, the vast proportion of the magazine is devoted to beauty tips or clothing information, and almost every second page is an ad that is concerned with superficial bodily aspects such as the condition of the skin.
This paper discusses the problems that face women in Mozambique because of poor accessibility to health care, attitudes towards parenthood and uncontrolled flooding.
Abstract 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."
Abstract This paper relates the history of women's health as a feminist issue. The author points out that the health of women is one of society's most critical issues because women must be physically, mentally and emotionally well before they can devote themselves to consider other important social issues impacting women. The paper stresses that attention must be paid to improving the health of Canadian First Nation women as their health statistics are lower than the average.
From the Paper "The burden of spreading feminism's ideas, therefore, falls on First Nation women who have easier access to health care and specialized women's health programs. Women in Canada, however, have traditionally low health statistics that must be improved before the group can become active as feminists. Some of these low health statistics can be associated with Canada's Aboriginal women. For instance, the Saskatoon Aboriginal Women's Health Research Committee found that many Aboriginal women had no choice in health care providers."
Tags: lifestyles, sexual health, birth control, social change, equalities
Abstract In this article, the writer maintains that any hospitalized women can expect to encounter inequality in the health care system. The writer declares that for aging immigrant women, the situation is greatly aggravated because of race, ethnicity, and educational background as well as other factors such as sexism and ageism. Immigrant women not only receive unequal treatment in the healthcare system but very often are invisible to that system. The writer points out that the Canadian government seems to be taking the desired approach but the situation for immigrant women is becoming worse. The writer maintains that instead of resolving the problem, the health care system is basically ignoring the issue because of its own issues with restructuring. It seems that the solution will only come through a firm policy which makes diversity and gender a priority.
Outline:
Introduction
Rationale for Choice of Topic
Literature Review
Determinants of health Gender Roles, Social Status, and Health Coping
Research Question
My Approach and Goals
From the Paper "An institution which ensures that women's rights are protected is the Women's Health Bureau which uses a gender lens to study government policy and health disparities. The mandate of the Women's Health Bureau's mandate is to make certain that the Canadian health care system responds to the needs of women (Spitzer, 2006, p. 2). The Women's Health Bureau also assists policymakers and programme planners to undertake gender-based analysis of their work. In addition, there is the Women's Network which works with the government along with other groups."
Tags: gender, equality, health, care, system, disparities
Abstract 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."
Abstract This paper contends that health care is not administered on a gender-equal basis. The author points out reasons for engendered inequity in the health care system. The paper relates the attitude toward homosexual women that impact health care delivery.
From the Paper "This research examines gender issues relative to women's health care. The research will examine why even in the ... century health care is not administered on a gender-equal basis. It will be shown that despite attempts by the health-care infrastructure ..."
Abstract This paper discusses interviews of women, conducted by the writer, which deal with a woman's experience of health and healing and how that experience is unique to each individual. The paper explains that the experience depends on factors such as race, class and most especially culture. The paper also explains that women's health issues are situated in culture and in the context of determinants of health such as equity and social justice.
Abstract This paper offers an analysis of Princess Diana of Wales' 1993 speech on "Women and Mental Health" using feminist criticism. In this article, the writer discusses the strong influence of the norms and practices of a patriarchal society on the psychological well being of women.
From the Paper "Presented at a conference for mental health professionals, Princess Diana's speech 'Women and Mental Health' at the most superficial level, highlighted the existence of the psychological difficulties experienced by women. However, at a deeper level, this speech also brought up to the surface the oppressive impact of the norms and practices of patriarchal society on the psychological well-being of women. To explore this issue further, the method of feminist criticism will be employed to analyze this artifact. More specifically the research question that will ... "
Abstract The paper discusses how in recent decades, the question of what should be done to empower prisoners so that they can lead more productive lives has become more pressing - especially in light of the fact that North American society has finally become keenly aware of the high costs associated with recidivism. Moreover, the paper explains that the argument favoring a more progressive approach towards the treatment of inmates has been joined by a vigorous debate surrounding how best to treat women who find themselves behind bars. With the aforementioned items uppermost in mind, the paper examines the benefits to be derived from regulating female prisoner behavior through "women-centered" mental health programming.
Abstract This paper looks at the use of corsets by women during the Victorian age and discusses the role the corset played in idealizing the image of the Victorian woman. The author describes how young Victorian girls would be gradually prepared for the tight lacing required for wearing the corset and explains how by narrowing the woman's waist as much as possible, the corset was designed to transform the body into a symbol that was much sought after for women in that era - a sick feeble persona that was perceived as erotic. The paper examined the health risks that physicians from the Victorian age thought resulted from the tight lacing of the waist and concedes that while the direct health risks are hard to ascertain even with today's technology, the corset most definitely held indirect health threats as well as threats to a woman's integrity and independence as an individual as it imposed restraint, pressure and pain.
From the Paper "Corsetry throve in an era in which any open display of sexuality was repressed and condemned. The Victorian Age was a puritan period, which ferociously quashed sexuality as a taboo. In this context, the society prescribed a definite gender role for women: they had to be demure, passive, fragile and even languid. The corset played a definite part in this idealized image of the Victorian woman. First of all, the corset was much more than a simple garment. It was a designed to emphasize the feminine form by narrowing the waist as much as possible, and thus transform the body into a symbol."
Abstract This paper examines the race-associated differences in health outcomes among African-American women with CVD (Cardiovascular Disease). The paper explains that African Americans suffer greater incidence of cardiovascular disease, and womenwomen suffer cardiovascular and peripheral vascular disease in greater numbers than men. The combination of the two: African-American women, suffer greater cardiovascular disease than the general population in the United States. The paper demonstrates that the above statements are true, and analyzes the causes for this discrepancy in cardiovascular diagnosis and care. The paper then looks at both the demographic as well as the socioeconomic and ethnological reasons for the difference in cardiovascular care. The paper also points out that women experience a greater amount of heart disease, and a lower level of treatment than men. This paper examines the reasons for that discrepancy as well.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Underlying Causes of Heart Disease
African-American Women and Heart Disease
Lifestyle, Heredity and Demographics
Differences in Medical Care
Differences in Demographics
Women's Lower Rate of CHD Treatment
African American Distrust of Physicians and the Medical System
Conclusion
Bibliography
From the Paper "Although death from coronary heart disease (CHD) is declining for both African Americans and white Americans, the rates are declining faster for white Americans than their Black counterparts. According to the AHA, the incidence of deaths by whites from CHD has declined 46% and 40% for white men and women, respectively, while it has declined 33% and 27% for African American men and women respectively from 1979 to 2002 (AORN, 2002). The AHA posited that the lower decline in the death rate from CHD for African Americans was due primarily to heredity and life style habits."
Abstract This paper is a study that investigates infant mortality of babies born to African-American women in Georgia for the years between 2000-2005. It looks at five public health districts all within the state of Georgia with the highest and lowest rates of infant mortality. The author has included a literature review and several tables and diagrams.
Outline:
Introduction
Purpose of Study
Literature Review
Five Health Districts with Highest Infant Mortality Rate
Infant Mortality Rate - Contributing Factors
Social Cognitive Theory
Summary and Conclusion
Recommendations
From the Paper "Infant rate mortality in Georgia is extremely high and is an indicator of the overall poor status of health among women and children in this state. Between 1990 and 2000, it is reported that Georgia was among the states with the highest rate of infant deaths. In 1990 the infant morality rate in Georgia was at 12.4 deaths for each 1,000 live births and decreasing to 8.5 per 1,000 in 1998. The infant death rate among the white population is 6.1 per 1,000 while the African American population was stated at a much greater rate of 13.5 per 1,000, which is over twice as high as infant death rates among the white population in the state of Georgia. (Georgia Department of Human Resources: Infant Mortality Fact Sheet, 2000)"
