In my previous blogs I have discussed the barriers to safe sex practices among Latinas. As you may recall, I discussed the lack of communication and discussion about sex and sexuality in the Latino community due to the perception of sex as a taboo subject (Erby et. al, 2011). Furthermore, many Latinas experience feelings of [...]
The very idea that young women have the right to select their own partners, based on love and individual will, is regarded in many parts of the world as misguided foolishness.1 In previous blogs I’ve explored various issues contributing to the prevalence of child marriage, such as poverty and lack of education. In addition, I [...]
For the final installment of the Birth Day Blog, it’s time to talk about what happens after the Birth Day has passed, after the cord stump has dried, the well-wishers have gone home, and, if a woman is so blessed, the congratulatory flowers have started to droop and the balloons to deflate. After the initial [...]
For my last blog post, I am going to write about another promising HIV intervention targeted at youth, “loveLIfe.” Before I discuss that effort, I wanted to briefly mention the talk on TeachAIDS in class yesterday. I really enjoyed learning the details about the program which I had previously only heard about in passing. I [...]
‘Experience has shown that any major event at which large numbers of people congregate results in a temporary and spectacular increase in the demand for sexual services’ (1) As discussed last week, South Africa at the time of the FIFA World Cup preparations did not have any laws against sex trafficking. However, the country still [...]
This week I decided to continue with my theme of men’s involvement in women’s reproductive health, but to approach the topic from a different angle. Throughout the quarter I have written about the importance of men supporting women in their reproductive health care and researched interventions with the goal of getting men more involved in [...]
Over the course of this class I have highlighted several technologues that are aimed at empowering women but instead are manipulated to exploit the female demographic. It just seems reasonable that a solution to this technology induced situation, is technology itself. This blog post discusses one such intervention that has seen success in India. As [...]
Cervical cancer is a huge problem for women, both in India and worldwide. In India, it is the leading malignancy among women, with an incidence of 90,000 cases/year (2). There are various methods of detecting cervical cancer. In the U.S., Pap smear cytology is generally employed as a cervical cancer detection method. However, this method [...]
As 2015 quickly approaches, many countries are working hard to reach the health-related Millennium Development Goals identified by the World Health Organization. Improving maternal health is one of the eight Millennium Development Goals. It includes reducing the maternal mortality ratio by three quarters and achieving universal access to reproductive health services. (1) Some countries have [...]
Policy Shaping the Health Services Available to Adolescents in India
In my final blog post, I would like to focus on the specific health services that adolescents have access to in South Asia and how this list is tailored by priorities in government policy. A large picture view of the policies helped me identify with the government’s goals/priorities were for adolescent well-being. In 1983, the [...]