Implications for Multicultural and Global Health
Locally, health education is essential as an implementation tool to address the health disparity affecting Central Valley residents. As two major settings of the community which are schools and religious institutions, health educators should collaborate with the staff of these establishments about policies, procedures, and curriculums that can directly provide awareness to access to health services and prenatal programs for women and adolescent females (Perez & R.Luquis, 2014). A coordinated school health program may help impact local communities in the Valley by administrating school health services, counseling, involvement, and other services that promote educational and supportive actions …show more content…
69). Access to care, insurance coverage, employment, education, access to resources, income, housing, and transportation are indicators as to how women will live healthy or not. Advances in collaboration with state and community health planning where fields in education, transportation, housing, and other social/environmental conditions would impact a better health outcome for women living in the U.S. Access to care is addressed by some legislation such as the Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act, but there is needed development for equal delivery health care for patients from all races and ethnicities (Perez & R.Luquis, 2014). Programs to mitigate or eliminate disability for older women adults should be a focus for health professionals to enable lifestyle education and modify healthy behaviors that embraces proper nutrition and exercise. Adolescent females should early on be aware of sexually transmitted diseases in order to prevent the onset of contracting harmful viruses. As well, prenatal care for women should be emphasized as it promotes healthier childbirth and …show more content…
For instance, HIV/AIDS among women aged 15-44 years old, is the main cause of death. Unsafe sex, lack of adequate health education and services, inequality of power in sexual relations, and biological factors happens to be a result for women to contract virus infections. The second leading global cause of death among women was maternal deaths, because of pregnancy and childbirth issues. A reason is that many women, despite which region they live in, do not have easy access to preventative or contraceptive methods. In Sub-Saharan Africa, for instance, many women that wish to stop childbearing does not have a family plan method. Tuberculosis (TB) is known to be among the top five leading cause of death for women, usually lived in low-income countries and is often linked to HIV. Women have more fire-related deaths than men because more likely it was result of cooking accidents or violence by their partner. It is also reported that 30% of women experienced sexual or a form of physical violence by their partner which results for them to likely suffer unintended pregnancies, depression, sexually transmitted diseases, and/or mental ill-health. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was also a common health issue among women around the world
Locally, health education is essential as an implementation tool to address the health disparity affecting Central Valley residents. As two major settings of the community which are schools and religious institutions, health educators should collaborate with the staff of these establishments about policies, procedures, and curriculums that can directly provide awareness to access to health services and prenatal programs for women and adolescent females (Perez & R.Luquis, 2014). A coordinated school health program may help impact local communities in the Valley by administrating school health services, counseling, involvement, and other services that promote educational and supportive actions …show more content…
69). Access to care, insurance coverage, employment, education, access to resources, income, housing, and transportation are indicators as to how women will live healthy or not. Advances in collaboration with state and community health planning where fields in education, transportation, housing, and other social/environmental conditions would impact a better health outcome for women living in the U.S. Access to care is addressed by some legislation such as the Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act, but there is needed development for equal delivery health care for patients from all races and ethnicities (Perez & R.Luquis, 2014). Programs to mitigate or eliminate disability for older women adults should be a focus for health professionals to enable lifestyle education and modify healthy behaviors that embraces proper nutrition and exercise. Adolescent females should early on be aware of sexually transmitted diseases in order to prevent the onset of contracting harmful viruses. As well, prenatal care for women should be emphasized as it promotes healthier childbirth and …show more content…
For instance, HIV/AIDS among women aged 15-44 years old, is the main cause of death. Unsafe sex, lack of adequate health education and services, inequality of power in sexual relations, and biological factors happens to be a result for women to contract virus infections. The second leading global cause of death among women was maternal deaths, because of pregnancy and childbirth issues. A reason is that many women, despite which region they live in, do not have easy access to preventative or contraceptive methods. In Sub-Saharan Africa, for instance, many women that wish to stop childbearing does not have a family plan method. Tuberculosis (TB) is known to be among the top five leading cause of death for women, usually lived in low-income countries and is often linked to HIV. Women have more fire-related deaths than men because more likely it was result of cooking accidents or violence by their partner. It is also reported that 30% of women experienced sexual or a form of physical violence by their partner which results for them to likely suffer unintended pregnancies, depression, sexually transmitted diseases, and/or mental ill-health. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was also a common health issue among women around the world