Describe how current issues in health sciences relate to health science professions.

Instructions

As a health science student, it is important to be aware of important issues in your field of interest. This Assessment will help make you more aware of the U.S. healthcare system and its role in these important issues. You will conduct online research and then create a short presentation designed to show a part of the healthcare system that could benefit from additional funding.

To complete this activity, select the Focus Area that you are most interested in from the six choices listed. The six choices are:

Veteran’s Administration
Mental Health/Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention
Women’s Health/Family Planning
Health Promotion/Disease Prevention
Long-term Care
Public Health
For the Focus Area you choose, consider the following questions as you are doing your research:

Why is this focus area important to our overall healthcare system?
What population is directly served and how do they benefit from services and programs in this area?
What are some of the most notable programs available to patients or clients in your area of focus?
What areas could use improvement?
How would significant funding improve the care being provided?
Begin your research using the links provided in the reading section. If you find you need further information, you are encouraged to continue your investigation using the PG Library, online sources, or textbooks and periodicals available to you.

When you have finished your research from the questions in your Focus Area, prepare a short PowerPoint presentation that is designed to show why your selected Focus Area of the healthcare system should receive funding. Imagine a realistic scenario where there are limited monies available, and sell why your Focus Area should receive it, based upon the several questions you answered about it.

Your presentation should include a minimum of 10 slides, not including the cover slide and reference slide.

You are welcome to use this template to help you complete this Assignment.

Writing Resources

PowerPoint Hints and Tips

Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations

Microsoft Office PowerPoint Support:

PowerPoint: Microsoft

Research Writing and Citation/References

Web Resources

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

Breast cancer: What you need to know: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Healthcare.gov

Healthfinder.gov

Longtermcare.gov

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Administration for Community Living

Minimum Submission Requirements

This Assessment should be a Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation (minimum 10 content slides), in addition to the title and reference slides.
Respond to the questions in a thorough manner, providing specific examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and other elements asked for in the questions. Your submission should be highly organized, logical, and focused.
Your submission must be written in Standard English and demonstrate exceptional content, organization, style, and grammar and mechanics.
Your submission should provide a clearly established and sustained viewpoint and purpose.
Your writing should be well ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful.
A separate page at the end of your submission should contain a list of references, in APA format. Use your textbook, the Library, and the internet for research.
Be sure to cite both in-text and reference list citations where appropriate and reference all sources. Your sources and content should follow proper APA citation style. Review the writing resources for APA formatting and citation found in Academic Tools. Additional writing resources can be found within the Academic Success Center.
Your submission should:
include a cover sheet;
be double-spaced;
be typed in Times New Roman, 12 -point font;
include correct citations
be written in Standard English with no spelling or punctuation errors; and
include correct references at the bottom of the last page.

Please write the argumentative of this.Thank you.

Think back to your teenage years, or for those of you, who are teenagers, think about your life as it is now. This is a time where school occupies a majority of your time and you spend a good amount of your free time out with friends. Your in the early years of your life just thinking and planning for all the success your going to have in the future and everything you aspire to do. At this age, finding out your going to have a child is the most horrifying news for both girls and boys, yet it happens to about 900,000 teenagers in the United States alone each year (Klein, 2005). Teen pregnancy not only affects the teenager herself, but also the child, the families involved, healthcare professionals, educators, and government officials as they try to accommodate and deal with issues that come with teen pregnancy (Klein, 2005). Although the United States has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the industrialized world, it is a problem all over the globe (Klein, 2005). As drug abuse, teen sex, and alcohol increase worldwide, teen pregnancy is also increasing and will continue to rise over the years (Pros and cons,). Teenage childbearing is a problem. Many of the issues we have in todays society wouldnt be as big of a problem if the number of children born to teenagers were decreased.

Unexpected pregnancy in teens creates socioeconomic issues in the mother, and the father of the child, if he is involved in raising the child. One major affect on the mother is a loss of education. Many teenagers who become pregnant end up dropping out of school because they miss too many classes due to feeling sick or simply because of the way it makes them feel when they get looks from other students (Pros and cons,). The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy reports that only 38 percent of teens that have a child before age 18 have a high school diploma (Teen pregnancy, poverty, 2010). This then leads to financial issues because they do not have the education to qualify for a well paying job. Children are expensive to raise, and as the teen mother and in some cases, the father, attempt to buy all the items the baby needs, they usually run into some money problems. Because of the lack of job opportunity due one or both of the parents dropping out of school, this ultimately leads to financial instability in the parents and the child growing up in poverty. Studies show that there is a 67 percent chance that a child will grow up in poverty if the mother gave birth as a teen, the parents were unmarried when the child was born, and the mother did not receive a high school diploma or a GED (Teen pregnancy, poverty, 2010).

Unplanned childbirth in teens also leads to medical risks and causes problems in the development of the child. Studies show that adolescents younger than 17 years have a higher risk of medical complications involving the mother and child than adult women do (Klein, 2005). Because teen pregnancy is looked down upon by society, many teens who become pregnant are in denial or are scared to tell others, which can lead to some very severe health risks in the child. Low birth weight is very common in children of teen mothers because the mother doesnt gain the amount of weight needed during pregnancy (Teen pregnancy and, 2008). This can lead to organs that are not fully developed which can cause bleeding in the brain, respiratory distress syndrome, and intestinal problems (Teen pregnancy and, 2008). These children are also less likely to receive proper nutrition, healthcare, and cognitive and social stimulation, which may cause them to perform lower academically (Teen pregnancy and, 2008). It has been proven that children of teen mothers have increased risks of developmental delay, academic difficulties, behavioral disorders, substance abuse, early sexual activity, depression, and becoming adolescent parents themselves (Klein, 2005).

Although it may seem like teen pregnancy is only an issue for the mother and her family, it is not. The negative effects of teen pregnancy including, school failure, crime, poverty, child abuse, and neglect are all social problems that effect everyone and would decrease dramatically if teen pregnancy werent occurring (Linking teen pregnancy, 2010) Teenagers having children is not only costly to the family, but it also costs the public sector about 9 billion dollars each year because of healthcare costs, increased welfare costs, increased prison costs and lost tax revenue (Linking teen pregnancy, 2010). So, essentially every taxpayer has a part in paying for all these children who are born to teenagers.

As I have talked about throughout my paper, teen pregnancy is a big problem in society today. There are several prevention and awareness programs out there, but with teen pregnancy continuing to rise around the world, I believe that more can be done to decrease this number. Teen pregnancy causes many problems in families, such as low education, financial issues, poverty, and developmental delay and issues in the children. Children, who grow up in poverty with a teen mother or parents, are more likely to be teen mothers themselves and also grow up in poverty (Teen pregnancy and, 2008). This is an issue because it is one big cycle that seems to keep growing larger, and if further steps are not taken to try and help try and prevent it, that will greatly affect future generations and families to come