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Papers On Women's Health Issues
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Basis for an Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Rehabilitation Program: 8-Week, Ten-Bed Facility for Homeless, Pregnant Teens with Substance Abuse Problems
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This is a 5 page paper discussing the effectiveness of an 8-week rehabilitation program. An 8-week program within a ten-bed facility is evaluated regarding its substance abuse rehabilitation and effectiveness for pregnant, homeless teen clients and is compared with other programs and research. The program addresses health, psychological and social issues in addition to substance abuse and prevention of relapse. As in almost all drug treatment facilities, “three out of four teens in drug treatment drop out of their programs before finishing”. Most drug treatment programs are based on a minimum 90-day program, considered the minimum required for the best prevention against relapse, in which case an 8 week program of ~ 60 days may have a slightly higher completion rate, in that the program is not as long, but also a higher relapse rate within the teens after they leave the program. If only 3-4 teens out of 10 complete 90-day programs, a 60-day program may have a completion rate slightly higher in that perhaps 4-5 teens may complete the program. Overall, an 8-week substance abuse rehabilitation program for teens by all accounts seems to be too short to have any long term effect providing that the teens even complete the program. In addition, the teens in this program were pregnant and homeless. In most cases then, the program would not even cover the time of the pregnancy which would release these teens back out on the street in the same basic state in which they entered the program. The program should be at least as long as the pregnancy and an additional six months within the program would prove even more beneficial. In this time, the teen could acquire more contact with community social and medical care facilities and programs in additional to learning valuable medical care, family planning and care of the child if she desires to keep the infant. In addition, because a child is involved, the social and community services need to be involved from the onset in regards to the social planning while the facility can focus on the substance abuse factors and programming for the teen.
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TJhprog1.rtf
Battered Women’s Syndrome
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A 5 page paper outlining the statistics surrounding domestic abuse. Notes that although domestic abuse is not a new component of our society, it is one which has seemingly become a more prominent component in recent years. Contends that with our increased awareness of this phenomenon we have begun to consider the psychological impacts which battered women sustain, impacts which sometimes drive them to violence and even murder. As a consequence, the concept of the battered woman has now entered the courtroom not solely as a description of a plaintiff but as a defense strategy for a women who has committed a violent crime as a result of the psychological trauma to which she has been subjected. Oulines the judicial injustices associated with this defense strategy. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PPbatter.wps
Body Image/ African American Women
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A 5 page research paper that investigates the differences between the way that African American women perceive their body size and the way that Caucasian women perceive theirs. The writer argues that African American women have a much better attitude regarding this issue. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khfatwom.wps
Bone Density And Dieting: Consumers
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3 pages in length. Slick weight loss advertisements have people believing that a quick fix is better than a slow and steady success; far too few encourage regular exercise with speedy caloric reduction, which ultimately places the dieter at great risk for the loss of bone density. According to a study done in 2005 and published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, people who seek weight loss by calorie reduction alone have been found to lose bone density as compared with those who ate a balanced diet and exercised away the weight. What this clearly illustrates is how the properties of calories go much further than creating energy and putting on the pounds; rather, they are instrumental in maintaining bone stability that helps to ward of osteoarthritis. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: TLCBoneDensCon.rtf
Bone Density And Dieting: Professional
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4 pages in length. The extent to which a low-calorie approach to dieting equates to decreased bone mineral density (BMD) is both grand and far-reaching; that teenage and young adult women represent eighty percent of the total population experiencing bone mass loss speaks to a cultural indoctrination of distorted body image. Two categories in particular depict a preponderance of females who engage in a low-calorie diet and have a greater rate of bone mass reduction: athletes and eating disorder sufferers. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: TLCBoneDnsPro.rtf
Breast Cancer And Environmental Research Act Of 2001
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This 6 page paper discusses H. R. 1723 / S. 830, also known as the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2001. The paper offers an introduction, which explains the underlying reasons for the introduction of this bill. The major provisions of the bill are explained along with the benefits and impact such legislation would have. Data regarding incidence and deaths related to breast cancer are included. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PGbrst.rtf
Breast Cancer and Hormone Replacement Therapy
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This 20 page
report discusses the fact that postmenopausal estrogen
replacement therapy (ERT) has been repeatedly linked with breast
cancer. Some studies show no increased risk for breast cancer.
Others suggest there may be a slight increased risk, while still
others say that there is an increased risk, but that it is
minimal and occurs only after ten or more years of use. Numerous
research efforts that have shown that estrogen use is clearly
connected to an increased risk of uterine, endometrial, and
breast cancers. However, such factors must be weighed against
the fact that estrogen significantly reduces a woman's chances of
developing osteoporosis and can act as a defender against
cardiovascular disease. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: BWhrtcan.wps
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