Age disparity in sexual relationships

clinical consideration of patients (MOH, 2011). According to the health minister, the primary health care strategy (PHCS) in 2007 failed to deliver a wide range of services in a primary setting which influenced Maori health. For example, health disparities within the community increased. However, the government worked together with the health professional to focus the PHCS on improving the quality and performance of the service as a whole, rather than focusing solely on the cost of a GP visit,…

Cultural competence claims, “I’m the expert.” Cultural competence is viewed as expertise. Cultural humility claims, “You’re the expert.” Cultural humility is viewed as communicating between cultural barriers, indicating that a client is their expert on their culture and mind. Tervalon and Murray-Garcia (2012) cite an assumption where providers who view their practice as culturally competent will consider their expertise over their client’s culture. Cultural competence will create a caring and…

Administration’s mandate to cut access to birth control coverage, a nation of women, who are of reproductive age, are fighting back. There are 22 variations of contraceptives, including the most common being the pill, injectable, male condom, sterilization, nexplanon, and intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD). These contraceptives provide benefits far beyond pregnancy prevention for women of all ages yet as a society we focus the primary benefits, rather than the variety of other contributions…

historical and social context that impact them everyday. To consider and acknowledge how their marginalized status may impact their decision in long-term care planning. For example, many older LGBT fear entering long-term care placement due to their sexual orientation for fear that they will not be accepted or worse be victimized. There is a considerable amount of trauma related experiences for LGBT community and this is important to understand to not re-victimize the individual. This would…

pregnant, doesn’t mean it will happen to anybody else. Existing research suggests that both young mothers and young fathers have backgrounds characterized by a range of disadvantages and risk factors. “3 in 10 girls in this country become pregnant by age 20 -- over 750,000 teen pregnancies annually.” (Lee, Cintron, Kocher) “Recent research concluded that almost all of the decline in the pregnancy rate between 1995 and 2002 among 18-19-year-olds was attributable to increased contraceptive use.”…

Increasing Diversity in Nursing With the growth of a population filled with different ethnicities, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, social views, social status, generational age gaps, and culture beliefs to list a few, the need to understand and support these unique differences as it relates to providing health care cannot be ignored. To improve the health and well-being of the nation’s people seeking medical care, a call to increase the diversity of the nursing workforce must be answered…

dimension of one’s identity such as race, age, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, and even occupation, and how these dimensions impact their values, beliefs and experiences. I am interested in studying the connection between values and beliefs held due to identity, and health care policy. My experiences in diversity have helped me develop research interests in aging policy, access to care interventions, addressing disparities, and patient and stakeholder…

From the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries, industrialization and expansion changed the face of American society. The rise of poverty and class disparities encouraged social reformers to try and better the nation. Members of these reform organizations attacked prostitution, illegitimate pregnancy, marriage, and a myriad of other social “ills.” While men commuted to work, Victorian middle-class homes became the domain of women, who entertained guests, educated and raised the children and…

Which throughout this report, will be discussed in relation to instances of intimate partner violence (IPV), which according to the official government definition, is; “any incident of threatening behaviour, violence or abuse [psychological, physical, sexual, financial or emotional] between adults who are or have…

The first hormonal birth control pill, Enovid, was approved by the Federal Drug Administration in 1690. Hormonal contraceptives work by combining estrogen, the female sexual hormone, and progestin, a derivative of progesterone that prevents ovulation, together to inhibit ovulation and create an inhabitable cervical environment for both sperm and embryos. Therefore, oral contraceptives effectively block the fertility cycle by not allowing sperm to meet an egg or implantation of a fertilized fetus…