Furthermore, lay practitioners who have little or no knowledge of medicine or human anatomy almost always perform female circumcision without anesthetic. It has been practiced in different parts of the world such as in the Middle East – where it is most common in Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, and Syria, Africa, and Indonesia. According to the World Health Organization, it has been “documented in 28 countries in African and in several countries in Asia and the Middle East ”. In Africa , female circumcision is considered as an element of a rite of passage for women. It prepares young girls for womanhood and marriage.
1 February 2012 Anth 2300-01 Female Circumcision Female circumcision is done to more than 100 million females in more than 30 countries. Commonly known as “Ex-size”, ex-sizing a female happens to girls as young as five years old. The belief is that circumcision will make them pure before marriage. If a female isn’t ex-sized and others find out they will be outcaste by family and people. The female will be known as impure and ugly if they are not ex-sized.
The article by Steen (2007) is a Meta-analysis study focusing on perineal tears and episiotomy how they heal and the process involved. The findings were that most women experience pain due to perineal wounds, mothers should be asked about any concerns about the healing process of perineal wounds and most importantly, midwives should be trained to take care of these wounds and provide adequate pain relief. Developing a trusting relationship with a woman is also very important as this will promote good communication, opportunities to discuss perineal care, early detection of a delay in healing and possible infection. The article entitled, the need to avoid the routine use of episiotomy is a systematic review about the use of episiotomy. A series of randomized trials included 6 randomized controlled trials with 6600 women.
Fact 1 Obstructed labour occurs in 5% of live births and accounts for 8% of all maternal deaths. It is one of the four major causes of maternal mortality and morbidity. Fact 2 Obstetric fistula is a hole in the birth canal caused by obstructed labour. It is estimated that more than 2 million young women live with untreated obstetric fistula in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Fact 3 Each year, between 50 000 to 100 000 women worldwide develop obstetric fistula.
Once the Taliban took over Afghanistan, the death toll had significantly risen. For Afghan women, their greatest obstacle is child birth. On average, one Afghan woman dies every thirty minutes due to pregnancy related causes. (Walsh, 2007) The national maternal mortality rate in Afghanistan is 1600 for every 100,000 births, which is second in the world next to Sierra Leone. (Walsh, 2007) Healthcare for expectant mothers was a major issue.
Breast feeding Vs Bottle feeding By Tona Piazzola Are you pregnant? You just have a baby? You have heard people say "are you going to breast feed or bottle feed?" This paper will give you the information you need to make a good decision. Woman breastfeeding was seen as far back in history as 1 to 800 A.D.
In addition, a concept is a word or label used to explain a phenomenon or a group of phenomenon (Melies, 1991). In order to improve, manage and support woman during childbirth, midwives and obstetricians are required to understand the concept of labor pain. Current uses of the concept This concept analysis begins by exploring the meaning of the words “labor” and “pain” separately; then “labor pain” is explored as a whole concept. Meaning of “labor” In Latin, the word labor means "a troublesome effort or suffering." Parturition is another term for "labor."
This type of hernia, in which the bulge is constricted so that the blood supply to the area is cut off, constitutes a medical emergency that requires immediate surgery. Objectives GENERAL To obtain a broad understanding and learning about Strangulated Hernia through completing the necessary action and data for this case study. SPECIFIC Objectives To increase knowledge about Strangulated Hernia. To learn the probable cause, sign and symptoms of Strangulated Hernia. To improve knowledge about how to do the ideal nursing intervention for clients with Strangulated Hernia.
Then, caseload midwifery and homebirthing are critically analysed, including definitions of each, the effects of these models of care on women and the advantages and disadvantages of each for women and midwives according to midwifery research. There are many consequences of a woman's choice of model of care and it could be the subject of more midwifery research to discover why women choose a specific model of care and how they would evaluate the outcome of that decision. However, this assignment aims to give only a brief survey of the caseload midwifery and homebirth models of care. Pregnant women are faced with an overwhelming array of options for their pregnancy, birth and postnatal care. However, while there may be many options, how can a woman choose which one is appropriate for her?
Particularly, Hair and My Angry Vagina discussed how society thinks the vagina should be hairless and smell like flowers and should not be left in its natural state. The "Wear and Say" List was a great transition after the Hair monologue. The girls exposed what their vagina would wear if it could be dressed and say if it could talk. The Vagina Workshop was about a woman who had a self-discovery experience with her vagina. It portrayed the relationships that females have with their vagina.