Overall Impression

The most appealing topic I felt we covered this semester had to be the conception and birth control methods. After reading the Contraceptive Jelly on Toast article by Whatley and Henken I was utterly amazed that there were actually people that thought it was easy to not become pregnant with ludicrous methods or no protection at all. This is just another reason the birth rates are rocketing in younger and younger people and even kids. It was also very interesting to learn of the many different forms of birth control, contraceptive methods, and how many people actually use them from Chapter 5 and the powerpoint. I found it fascinating and remarkable to discover more about the protection methods, awareness, and uses during Assignment 4.

To reduce her risk of assault...

In order for women to reduce her risk of assault violently, sexually, emotionally and/or verbally she must be assertive, alert, and prepared. Reducing assault can be in using an assertively confident voice and maintaining good straight body posture all the time and also stating what they want and when they want it. A woman should also be very self confident in all manners to just be a better woman and person. Women can be prepared by staying in control, traveling in groups or with a buddy, carrying a knife or some pepper spray, and taking a self defense class is always a plus for kids and women. Everyone should know how to protect moreover defend themselves and also know methods of keeping calm in an assault. In order to be alert women should always trust their natural instincts, watch for any signs of trouble or abuse, and report suspicious individuals or visitors plus any abuse or harassment. A woman can definitely reduces risk factors by most half of the percent by stilling in control of any new or dangerous situation because getting too scared or emotional never seems to help anything.

Drug addicts to jail or mandatory drug treatment?

I believe it would be best for the addict and people often around them or those they may come in contact with that drug addicts be sent to a mandatory drug treatment. I mean maybe all a person really needs is to talk out their problems, see how it is affecting others, an opportunity to be given help, and/or shown options of how to quit or slowly quit an addiction. If they were just sent in to jail for detox or imprisoned they would have to go at the addiction cold turkey which will only give them seriously bad withdrawals that some people can not handle making them feel the only way to cope is to take more dugs or just want it that more badly when they are released. It is no way to go at fighting a drug addiction unless it is what that person wants or it is absolutely the last resort toward an addiction.

Eating Disorders

A woman that has a friend who’s suspected of having an eating disorder should try and get closer to her friend. Getting to know if she has self-body issues, low self-esteem, trouble with her boyfriend, or weight issues.

If the friend is having trouble with weight by self or others the woman should offer to work out with her, diet with her, and uplift her spirits enough to get her to talk to a professional, her doctor, and a nutritionist. She can even offer to take her to lunches and dinners or offer to let her come over to eat. This is just something friends should do once in awhile anyway.

If the friend is denying the eating disorder but the women can clearly see weight changes or body frame transforms then the woman should seek professional help and look up signs, symptoms and helpful ways of getting closer to her friend in order to help her from endangering herself and ultimately safe her life. This can also include advising the friends family, boyfriend, and other close friends to help get the friend some help and better eating habits. This could sometimes back fire in that people with eating disorders do not like others to know their habits so the woman should really talk with a professional, doctor, or nutrition before confronting her or takling to others.

Future on the brain

Of course thinking of the future or having it on the back of everyone’s mind, people would live very differently.

• First of all they would think of eating less greasy, fatty, or fast foods. This would cause clearer skin, less to no heart disease, and health problems.
• All this would help people live longer, healthy, and happy lives.
• It would possibly have the world happier in a better way.
• Next more people would have less of a live for today mentality. This would help people to be nicer to one another and thinking about others not only themselves.
• The thought of giving more chances for other individuals or chances to do more things in a lifetime would come to mind rather than seizing the day.
• Another advantage would be that more individuals would exercise younger and make it last daily so that it would help health and heart problems later on.
• More teens would likely have protected sex or continue abstinence. Helping keep teens younger, healthier, and able to live more of a teenage life rather than growing up too fast like today.
• This also aids in keeping down population rates and having more high school and college graduates.

Active Roles in Disease Prevention

Academic institutions can have play major role in disease prevention for women in many ways they can:

• carry out clinical studies
• carry clinical research
• have disease education
• have cancer education
• create healthcare training programs
• create community outreach programs
• have or make a range of education materials
• set up evaluations and assessments

These are just to name a few of the many different active preventions any academic institution can make as interventions for preventive disease care and self-management or self-healthcare precautions. It is easy start preventative measures or precaution within a university or any other school because this is where everyone learns and absorbs the most knowledge since most of the day is spent there. It would be simple to educate everyone that wants to know or is willing to hear about risks, diseases, preventative measures, healthy lifestyles, lifestyle changes, and have an array of programs or guides to ensure information is getting across to individuals. Even if one person or a few people know they will pass on knowledge to others. There can also be flyers, handouts, after school programs, weekend programs, and community-based programs made to catch all women attention or others that can pass it on to or help them.

AGING

The only thing that bothers me personally about getting old is not being as mentally sharp in elder years. I mean you cannot always grasp things as easy as you once have, you sometimes cannot remember things, or you may lose your memory altogether; to me that is just such a sad thing. Yet I know this does not happen so bad or fast in everyone but it is still one of my concerns and I just have to wait and see how my life plays out.

Stuff that makes me feel good about aging are gaining more knowledge with everyday I live, being able to have others look up to me, being able to teach others, and giving advice on things I have been through or done. I think that makes me smile everyday especially when my son, older sister, younger and older family, and younger and older friends ask for my opinion or advice. It is the joy of life to me.

BLOG #7

"Many people equate STDs with immorality, promiscuous behavior and low social status."

When reading this statement I feel that individuals who say or even think this the first time they hear that a person has an STD, AIDS, or HIV is a very closed minded individual. There are plenty of ways a person can get an STD not only for the fact that they are promiscuous. People can get STI's and some can catch a disease form birth but it does not mean they go out and have unprotected sex, they are not wealthy, or that they will pass they diseases or infections on. There is just a big understatement on STD's, AIDS, and HIV. Viruses lurk everywhere and it is not just because one is poor or promiscuous that they have an STD. Many people don't really know the causes, types, or information and they choose not to learn but go by what they hear in media and from others like AIDS/HIV is high in underdeveloped countries. There may be may people you know that could have or once had an STD/STI or HIV/AIDS since they don't look any different on the outside as anyone else they are only fighting an infection on the inside of their body that sometimes they can get rid of, get under control, or can not it does not all have to be blamed on their style of life, living, and activity. Some things happen in the world to random people and some people bring random things on themselves in their lifetime. This statement is not in any way right or moral to use on everyone with an STD or who has had one in their life.