INTRODUCTION

1. INTRODUCTION • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9J9rTZJBmw&feature=list_other&playnext=1&list=AL94UKMTqg-9AhYyY1S0OatKIf3iWaLUOJ

2. Women’s Health Developed by D. Ann Currie, R.N.,M.S.N. 2012

3. WOMEN’S HEALTH • Health Promotion • Prevention of Health problems • Assessment of women • Health Concerns of women • Reproductive concerns • Contraception • Infertility • Sexuality

4. WOMEN’S HEALTH • Cont. • STI’s • Violence against women

5. HEALTH PROMOTION • EARLY HEALTH CARE • HEALTHY LIFESTYLE • PRECONCEPTION CARE • PRENATAL CARE • WELL-WOMAN CARE • FERTILITY CONTROL • EDUCATION

6. Barriers to seeking health care • Financial issues • Cultural issues • Gender issues

7. Conditions And Characteristics that increase health risks in women • Age • Social/cultural • Health behaviors • Smoking • Substance use and abuse • Nutrition • Stress • Sexual practices

8. Anticipatory Guidance for Health Promotion and Illness Prevention • Nutrition • Exercise • Stress Management • Substance Use Cessation • Safer Sexual Practices • Health Screening • Health risk Prevention

9. Goal • Maintaining Optimum Health is a goal for all Women

10. Knowlegde alone is not enough to bring about healthy behaviors

11. Essential components of health maintenance are identification of unrecognized problems and potential risks and the education and health promotion needed to reduce them.

12. Health Promotion • Pender describes health promotion as the motivation to increase well-being and actualize health potential

13. Prevention • Pender describes prevention as the desire to avoid illness, detect it early, or maintain optimal functioning when illness is present

14. Nutrition • Nutritional deficiencies • Obesity • Eating Disorders • other considerations

15. Physical Fitness and Exercise • Exercise contributes to good health by lowering risks for a variety of conditions that are influenced by obesity and a sedentary lifestyle • Exercise contributes to stress reduction and weight maintaince

16. Physical Fitness and Exercise • Aerobic exercise produces cardiovascular involvement. • Anaerobic exercise, such as weight training, improves individual muscle mass without stress on cardiovascular system. • Weight- bearing aerobic exercises such as walking, running, dancing, or racket ball are need for cardiovascular and bone health

17. Physical fitness and exercise • Breathing • weight-bearing • weight lifting • alternative to weight lifting • ***Kegel exercise*****

18. Headache Dizziness or faint feeling muscle tension Backache Grinding teeth Skin rash or hives Sweaty palms Indigestion Nausea, vomiting Diarrhea Constipation Loss of appetite Shortness ot breath Pounding heart Frequent colds Chest pain Physical Clinical Manifestation of Stress

19. Cervical Cancer Endometrial cancer Ovarian cancer Breast cancer Lung cancer Colon cancer Skin cancer Risks For Cancer

20. Risks for Cervical Cancer • Early age of first sexual intercourse • Cigarette smoking • HPV • Multiple sexual partners

21. Risks for Endometrial Cancer • Nulliparity • Unopposed estrogen therapy • infertility • diabetes mellitus • early menarche • late menopause • Others

22. Risks for Ovarian Cancer • Family history • Having no children • having children late in life

23. Risks for other gynecologic cancers • Cancers of vulva and vagina have been link to HPV and HSV

24. Risks for Breast Cancer • Family history • Early Menarche • Late menopause • Nulliparity • Having children late in life • Estrogen therapy

25. Environmental and Workplace Hazards • Pathogenic agents (viruses,bacteria,fungi,parasites) • Natural and synthetic chemicals • Natural toxins from animals, insects, and plants. • Pesticides,hydrocarbons,tobacco,fuels,and drugs

26. Environmental and Workplace Hazards • Cont. • Radiation • Food substances • Physical objects • Noise • Temperature extremes • Physical energy

27. STRESS MANAGEMENT • Causes of stress: • Work • Family • Health • Finical problems • Surroundings • School- Nursing • other

28. Substance Use Cessation • Tobacco • Alcohol • Drugs • Caffiene

29. Tobacco Use Cessation • The Four A’s • ASK • ASSESS • ADVISE • ASSIST

30. National Groups Providing Information and Support for Chemical dependency • Alcoholics Anonymous • COCAINE hotline-1-800-cocaine • Narcotics Anonymous • National Alcohol and Drug Abuse Hotline- • 1-800-2526465

31. Safer Sexual Practices • Correct use of condoms • Select sexual partners with extreme care. • Ask partner about history of STI’s or Testing • No exchange of body fluids-oral,genital,or rectal • Use of spermicides containing nonoxynol-9 with condoms

32. Health Screening • Physical Examination • Diagnostic Tests/Laboratory Tests

33. Blood pressure Height and Weight Pelvic examination Breast examination Skin Examination Oral cavity examination Complete Physical examination Physical Examination

34. Blood cholesterol level Papanicolacou smear Mammography Fecal occult blood test Sigmoidoscopy Colonoscopy Fasting Blood sugar Hearing screening eye examinatio STD screeningTB skin test Endometrial biopsy Ultrasound of abdomen Diagnostic Tests

35. Health Risk Prevention • Prevention of injuries • Prevention of diseases • Education • Implementing safety guidelines • Immunizations

36. Common sense Wear seat belts in cars Wear Helmets when riding bikes, motorcycles or skating Drive safely Water safety Protection from sun Handle and store firearms appropriately Avoid dangerous situations Smoke alarms in houses Keep stairways clear Prevention of injuries

37. WASH HANDS Immunizations Decrease Risk factors Healthy lifesytle Nutritional diet Exercise Reduce stress Safe sexual practices Annual physical examination Wash Hands Prevention of disease

38. QUESTIONS

39. Thank You • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v9gK_SedsE