Sociodemographic And Obstetric Study

I read The Pregnancy Project by Gaby Rodriguez. The book is about how Gaby overcame stereotypes and expectations put on her when she faked her pregnancy for a senior project as a social experiment to see how her peers would react. I enjoyed reading this book because Gaby wrote in such a way that I would find myself thinking of past experiences that could relate with what she was talking about. After I read, “One of the best things a role model can do is show how to get through the tough times and live a good life despite setbacks and hardships, because nobody gets through this life without scars along the way.” (Rodriguez 206), a lot of thoughts came to mind. One of the first thoughts came to my mind was my role model and how even though he went through a lot of tough times he changed his attitude and lives a good life. I also thought about myself and how even though I might me having the worst day I should always be the best that

The death penalty is still in use in the united states. The state with the most executions is Texas with a total of 545 from 2017 to the year 1976 (Number of Executions, 2017). The death penalty is a very big debate. There are many reasons why and why people do and don’t like the death penalty.

In the past thirty years the number of incarcerated women in the United States increased by 646%, it is estimated that 6-10% of these women were pregnant at intake. “An Examination of Care Practices of Pregnant Women Incarcerated in Jail Facilities in the United States,” is a study that examined the pregnancy related accommodation and health care provided for regional jail populations. Prior to this study no other study examined regional jail populations, they strictly focused on prison populations. This study is a quantitative survey of common practices and policies implemented across 53 jail facilities in the United States as a function of geographic region. This survey was administered through phone or email to employees

Throughout my youth years, I have never set out a goal that I actually accomplished or took seriously. Today is the day I dedicate my time and personal efforts in achieving these three important goals that I am certain to achieve. My personal goal might sound silly and ordinary but I definitely want to start being healthier which includes physical activities as well as healthy food style. My academic goal is to graduate with a degree in Criminal Justice. Most importantly, my career goal is to become a Detective. These three SMART goals are most important to me and will surely be completed.

In the United States, the process of childbirth is far more dangerous for African American women than it is for White women. For African American women, the path to a healthy birth is riddled with barriers. There are many health disparities between the two races. African American women face much higher low-birth and infant mortality rates; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published that although infant mortality rates in the U.S. have dropped by over 10% in the past ten years, a large gap continues to exist between the health of the races during the entire childbirth process. (World Health Organization, 2010) In the United States, Black infants are more than twice as likely to die within the first year of life as a White infant, and this disparity has not seen advancements in the last century. Many of these deaths can be attributed to low birth weight, and preterm birth among black infants.

This study began in 1991 when researchers visited hospitals shortly after the participants were born. Ten locations were visited. During a span of 24 hours these women

I recently attended a childbirth education class within the Rapid City area, which was held at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Within this room including 6 tables were 20 people in attendance. The class began with registration and attendance, while participants were encouraged to partake in the fruit and vegetable trays provided, along with the options or juice or bottled water. The leader of the group was a Labor and Delivery charge nurse who began by welcoming each participant and requesting each provide a short introduction. The class then moved on to a power point lead discussion along with several videos embedded within. The class took 1 hour to partake in a boxed lunch that was provided, and then continued with a trip through the hospital

The United States of America is a global village, a melting pot of various different ethnic and cultural beliefs. We are a land of many colors, traditions, and histories. With this diversity comes many challenges. As a healthcare provider this creates some challenges when working and caring for individuals who may not have the same skin color, language, health practices beliefs and values as our own (Pearson, E., 2011).

Breeched pregnancies are something that 13 percent of women in the United States have to deal with. There is not always something that can be done about the breeched pregnancy, and sometimes they baby is just more content that way. It can be a long difficult process deciding what is best for the baby, but there are a lot of options that you can choose from so that you and your baby get the best treatment possible. However, there is a lot of research, stories, and studies about breeched pregnancy that might shine a little light on what is happing to both the baby and the mother.

Among social scientists pregnancy and childbirth has been discussed and viewed as a “socially constructed experience” rather than a physiological phenomenon (Rothman, 1977; Sutherland & Bay, 1997, pg. 7). Sutherland & Bay (1997) argued that contemporary approaches that rely mainly on medical and psychological models on the study of pregnancy, fail to locate the social relations of women’s experiences of pregnancy as socially constructed, and interpreted from the standpoint of her everyday live. From a feminist standpoint, it is argued that the worldview conceptualisation of pregnancy as the realization of motherhood and the epitome of femininity does not represent women’s true conception of the experience of pregnancy (Sutherland & Bay, 1997). In addition, the focus around childbirth within the perspective of a sociologists is on the interpretations which a woman construct around childbirth rather than the physiological process itself (Rothman, 1977). These interpretations go on to influence her behaviours and interactions, and consequently impact on the way the woman understand, define and construct her birth experience (Rothman, 1977; Sutherland & Bay, 1997).

In 2013, 289 000 women died during pregnancy and childbirth and it was estimated that everyday 800 women all over the world died from childbirth or childbirth-related problems (World Health Organization, 2014). Often, maternal mortality is found to occur more often in developing countries than developed countries. Maternal mortality refers women who died from the situation like during pregnancy, termination of pregnancy within 42 days, regardless of duration and place of pregnancy, from aggravation caused by the pregnancy or pregnancy management (Nwagha et al, 2010). Maternal mortality may be resulted from direct or indirect cause. Direct causes are from obstetric complications of pregnancy, labour, and puerperium, and interventions whereas indirect causes are from the worsening of current conditions by pregnancy or delivery (Givewell, 2009). This paper aims to examine the causes for maternal mortality in both developed and developing countries and will end with a proposal for government to ensure women are given reproductive health rights.

First, there is inconsistent obstetric practice. Hospitals across the USA lack a standard approach to managing obstetric emergencies and the complications of pregnancy and childbirth are often identified too late. A second factor is the increasing number of women who present at antenatal clinics with chronic conditions, such as hypertension, diabetes and obesity, which contribute to pregnancy-related complications. Many of these women could benefit from the closer coordination of antenatal and primary care – including case management and other community-based services that help them access care and overcome cost and other obstacles. Another factor is the general lack of good data – and related analysis – on maternal health outcomes. Only half

Both Etruscan and Roman tomb sculpture function to memorialize the departed allowing them to move on from the world of the living and seeks to comfort those who have lost the ones they love. The two societies have differing practices in regards to death and therefore sculptures concerning the subject are somewhat different with a few identifiable similarities. While both societies seek to comfort the living and commemorate the dead this is achieved through different approaches. The Etruscan Sarcophagus with reclining couple from Cerveteri, Italy and the Mummy of Artemidorus from Roman Egypt are two examples of contrasting representations of the dead. When analyzing tomb sculpture one of the main questions is whether the work adapts a retrospective approach (presentation of the deceased as they were in life) or a prospective one (the viewpoint of looking forward to life beyond the grave). While the Etruscan sarcophagus gives a more retrospective memorialization through the depiction of the couple in a state of regularity the Roman Mummy of Artemidorus presents a more prospective approach concerning the deceased through the emphasis of funerary practices.

Does everybody think or feels the same about childbirth around the world? This question above is a question that has always been in my mind. Now that I got the opportunity of choosing a topic to do research. I decided to choose childbirth and culture. This research paper is going to talk about how different cultures and countries look a birth in an entirely different manner. Some look at birth as a battle and others as a struggle. And on some occasions, the pregnant mother could be known as unclean or in other places where the placenta is belief to be a guardian angel. These beliefs could be strange for us but for the culture in which this is being practiced is natural and a tradition. I am going to be introducing natural and c-section childbirth. And, the place of childbirth is going to be a topic in this essay. America is one country included in this research paper.

The intensity of pain that women encounter during childbirth has been a topic in many studies in society since the beginning of time. However, although many research have been done it has not yet been determined whether the severity of the maternal labor pain endured by women was, or continues to be a product of nature or nurture. In the 1989 article titled “Cultural and Educational Influences on Pain of Childbirth” authors Matisyohu Weisenberg PhD and Zahava Caspi MS investigated how the social and cultural (or sociocultural) and the educational background of a women can indeed affect their behavior when enduring the severe pain of childbirth, their ability to cope and the way they expressed it. The study that was being investigated, is