Women's health

Cultural Influences Upon Women's Health Social, religious, and cultural influences affect women's health. Describe a cultural practice that either has a positive or negative effect on a woman's physical and/ or mental health. There are several cultural practices that have a negative effect on a woman’s physical and mental health state. This discussion contribution will be speaking on the cause and effect of early marriage of young female children. Many cultures still practice the…

One of the most controversial topics amongst religions is the issue of women’s reproductive health. This includes religions’ stances on abortion and contraception. Most religions have strict rules about what is permitted and what is not according to their sacred texts. For example, Roman Catholicism has always considered any deviation from the natural procreation a sin. Additionally, some books and letters from Bible condemn abortion and the use of contraception. However, in other religions’…

The Women’s Health Magazine cover featuring Lea Michele, has a deeper meaning underneath what someone with a noncritical eye may observe at first glance. In the cover, she appears gleeful and is smiling widely. She has on a pink tank top that reveals some cleavage, and a short miniskirt with different designs and patterns on it. In large bold lettering, visible is the phrase “Lean & Sexy Now”. Right on top of the magazine title, “Your fast track to a flat belly” is written. “Slim legs! Firm butt…

Saint Joseph women’s health clinic provides comprehensive care to the female population including but not limited to prenatal care. The clinic itself is located in the center of Providence, an area of a multicultural undeserved population that often depend on translators in order to communicate with the medical staff. The hours of operations are Monday to Friday from 8:00am to 12:00 with a daily influx of patients that varies from ten to sixteen patients per day. The building is very old and…

Birth Control A big issue in todays world is the amount of birth control being used. People are believing that birth control is affecting women's health. When really it is helping the reproductive system and not harming any other parts of the human body. Birth control is used to control fertilization in a woman's body to prevent pregnancy by taking a pill everyday of the month. When on the pill a woman still has have a regular period each month. When women are taking birth control to…

While looking though the Men and Women Health magazines, there were two of the same ads that were both selling Vitafusion™ vitamins. The Women’s Health magazine showed an image of a woman doing yoga at an exotic setting with a blown up image of a Vitafusion™ bottle right beside her and the Men’s Health magazine showed an image of a man biking on a dangerous mountain with an image of a small Vitafusion™ bottle shown in front of him. After looking at both advertisements, it is clear that when…

In 2012, Marie Claire, a monthly women’s magazine, released a series of advertisements in support of the Reproductive Health Bill in the Philippines. The Reproductive Health Bill guarantees universal access to contraceptives, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care. The campaign is used as a vehicle to promote the message of female dominance in female health practices. The campaign as a whole depicts exclusively Filipino women with pieces of men crudely attached to sections of…

The court cited from the U.S. Supreme Court case Madsen v. Women’s Health Center, noting that “that the critical question is whether the injunction is content-neutral or content-based. The court answered the question by observing that while that the injunction prohibited speech by its content, the governmental purpose…

Women’s Mental Health in Relation to Exercise and Nutrition Dominic Marshall Fairfield University A lifestyle approach to increasing activity for women including activities like brisk walking, climbing stairs, doing gardening and housework, and recreational activity has been recommended. According to Blair and Connelly (1996), all adults are recommended to accumulate at least 30 minutes per day with an intensity equivalent to walking at 3 to 4 miles per hour for most…

The effects of estrogen replacement therapy on the cardiovascular system have been debated for a while. Elevated levels of homocysteine even to a mild or moderate degree have been associated with an increased risk for CVD. A recent meta-analysis revealed a graded and linear relationship between increased cardiovascular risk and elevated homocysteine levels. (Yuksel et. al, 2011). Estrogen replacement was given to the surgically induced menopausal women evaluating the levels of homocysteine. A…