Challenges to Wellness for Women
Women's Health, Pediatric Care, and Education
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Darcy Hostetter-Lewis
The findings used for clinic resulted from and extensive literature review, the examination of international health status statistics and the compilation of anecdotal evidence from those with a personal understanding of the health care needs in the Ozu Abam region. Following the analysis of the data it was concluded that there is a great need for improved access to healthcare for the residents of this rural area of Nigeria. Furthermore, all levels of research indicated that the areas of greatest need were women’s health, pediatric care, and diabetes care and education. The clinic implementation team utilized the finding s and developed plans to construct a facility focused on providing care for patients with needs in these specialty areas. The team’s evidence based understanding of the specific healthcare needs in the region will be used to guide recruitment of providers from each specialty when forming teams to travel to the clinic. In addition, the clinic will serve to provide nursing students from Northern California with the opportunity to become cognizant of global healthcare issues as it will provide a facility where students will be able to travel in order to provide much needed care while becoming more aware of disparities of healthcare throughout the globe.
Growing Epidemic of Opioid Use in Punjab, India
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Lee Stevens, Harsimran Kaur, Astik Joshi
The epidemic of substance abuse in females has assumed alarming dimensions in Punjab, India. Drug use in women follows a more rapid downhill course, with rapid progression through the stages of dependence and with more associated psychological and physical morbidity. As the numbers of female drug users continue to rise, studies attempt to understand gender specific etiological factors, phenomenology, course and outcome, and issues related to treatment with the aim to develop more effective treatment programs. Here, we discuss about a case of a 24 year old female from Punjab, India with alcohol and opioid use disorder. This article highlights about the problems faced by the women substance abusers in Indian society and the need to conduct scientific and systematic researches taking into consideration all the factors related to women substance abuse and its relevant issues, including preferences, physical, mental and emotional outcomes of opioid abuse, personality characteristics of females with substance abuse and its complications, and their medical treatment and outcomes along with follow up studies.
