Saturday, February 28, 2009

Miscarriage

Miscarriage (spontaneous abortion)

I would like to talk about this topic because I know many women who wish to have a baby but they cannot because for the cause of miscarriage. I am a marriage woman, who one day wishes to be pregnant, but now school is a barrier. However, this is a topic very important to me, because as women I don’t wish to pass for this sad situation.

I worked in a place which I have many relationships with young women who are younger than me. So, I have a friend who is suffering now with the problem of miscarriage, she is always sad thinking what god choose her and why god do not punish the ones who do the abortion. And some of the times, I think she said the true, because today many teens who do not decided to be pregnant they decided to do the abortion rather than think more responsible about this situation and bringing their babies to the world.

Having miscarriages brings to women many emotional problems because some can afford this situation and some not. As I mention before that sometimes it is the true that some women who whishes do have a babies are struggling all the times while even other women do not decided to have the babies and the decides to do the ABORTION. Which today’s in days is very popular to have an abortion.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

What My Parents Did and Did not Teach me




What My Parents Did
And
Did Not Teach Me



Many young people are no longer having "the sex talk" with their parents. They're filled with information, including what they learn from TV or the Internet. But they're still interested in what Mom and Dad might have to say.
Today’s in America exist many methods on preventing birth control, It is why I am really worried about our teenagers, because I think they are not getting the right information about this issues. I remember when I was in high school I started seeing that it was many girls pregnant then I thought this is happening because many parents do not advise or talk with their songs about “sex”. I said that many parent do not talk with their kids about sex because most of the time depend on their culture or religion.
In my own experience, Being Mexican is one of the things I like best about myself. My parents were born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, but came to the United States legally for a chance at having a better life. They brought with them the culture, traditions, music, religion, and food of their homeland. They instilled every last drop of that in me. But the older I got, the more I began to think that many of these traditions were outdated, even detrimental to the lives of the younger generation. Being Catholic, I was always told that I had to wait until marriage to have sex, and if I didn’t, I was a sinner. That was the only form of sex education I ever received. My parents didn’t talk to me about the birds and the bees, and still don’t. I felt like my friends didn’t have any morals, and I had too many. Why were my parents so strict with me, while my friends had all the freedom in the world? None of this ever made sense to me, but now it does.
Although I am Catholic and go to church (though not every Sunday), I think it’s wrong to classify a person who has sex before marriage a sinner. I think it’s wrong for people to judge us based on personal choices we make that don’t harm others. I also think it’s wrong that many Latino/parents refuse to talk to their kids about sex. Parents have the opportunity to be great resources and support systems for their children. Instead of trying to control their lives, they need to realize that their kids are going to do whatever they want, whenever they want to, so they need to teach them to be safe and smart about sex.
But, now I am a proudly married woman with many opportunities in my life thanks to my parents and my husband.
Now at the age of twenty-three, I jokingly ask my mother what she would think of me if I were to get pregnant.
“Nada, mija,” she answers assuredly. “You are old enough to do what you want in your life… I can’t control you.”
Hopes everybody enjoy my experience!

Saturday, February 14, 2009

A poison that kills



A poison that kills
The main threats to adolescents' health are the risk behaviors they choose, however their social health behaviors is poorly understood, and there are related many factors in this issue. Such as the one that were mention before, also one of the most important issue to me is the health care in adolescents, such as the increased mortality in been most skinner and look as the BARBIE is very competitive today, I mean that many teens in general are suffering with anorexia, and bulimia and these is a big issue on our society.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Blog#2

What are your feelings about the present state of health care in the US?

One thing that get my attention about this question is about how women at least live five years more than man and it is because women is getting better educated in their health.

In my opinion healthcare is a huge issue and it's going to get far worse as the boomer generation gets older and needs more services. We have almost no time left to plan for this. The fact is our population is in worse health than those with unicare and our life expectancy is lower as well. Also, I found really interesting this issue because last year in my government class I watched the “SIKO” movie and I believe that watching this movie you gain a great information.


Wednesday, February 4, 2009

blog#1 Healt issues

Well, I interviewed two females; the first was a 20 year old African American female, the second was a 19 year old Mexican female. The 20 year old was more concerned about Pap smear test because she said issues about sexual transmitted disease are very important today and she said there are many issues with the teen society. The 19 year old teen girl said that stress is a health issue to her because as she is continuing educated she has more responsibilities to do.


My health concerns are quite similar of my interviews, most because I am really interesting on sexual transmitted disease and most engage with teenage girls because they have a higher rate of engaging in unsafe sex practices because the lack of comprehensive education and also depends on how their parents educated. And most in the Hispanic community parents do not talk to their teens about sex.

I think an interview person on health issue is really important because your gain a lot experience from their interviews, and mostly if they are dealing with this type of issues. Also is important to known on what health issues your community is struggling.

However, there are many types on health issues, but also the most I am concern are on smoking and diabetes because I have some member of my family who are struggling with this health problems and some died already.