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Health Problems among Alcoholic Women, 2002.
This paper discusses the research on the effects of alcohol on the brains of women vs. men.
2,330 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 104.95
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This paper summarizes the main focus of three different, reliable research projects that focus on the unhealthy effects of alcohol on women vs. men. It discusses the effects that alcohol has on a woman?s mental and physical health which are believed to be more prevalent than are the effects alcohol has on a man. It includes several examples of studies and experiments and their conclusions.
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"The educational realm of the social and behavioral sciences is a plethora of unanswered questions. For many years, the topic of sex differences has had psychologists and others in the medical field struggling to understand the somewhat distorted line between the female and male sex. For example, the effects that alcohol has on a woman?s mental and physical health are believed to be more prevalent than are the effects on a man. The articles I reviewed shed some light for me on this topic. The focus of this paper is to review and critique previous research on the topic mentioned above, and to gain some insight into how I will be able to operationalize my own research in the following pages."
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Native-American Indian Health-Related Problems, 2008.
Examines alcoholism, HIV, suicide and the subsequent risk factors for other health-related problems within the Native-American Indian culture.
1,765 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 82.95
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This paper is a review of peer-reviewed literature to determine current incidence and subsequent risk factors for health-related problems among Native-Americans today. The author concludes that, because Native-Americans remain at a higher risk of HIV, alcoholism and suicide than their white counterparts with incidences even higher than for many other American minority groups, there is a growing consensus among healthcare experts and lawmakers at all levels that something must be done to correct this situation.
Table of Contents:
Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Cultural Issues Affecting Native-American Healthcare
Conclusion
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"Even those Native-Americans fortunate enough to have healthcare providers from their own tribes who are familiar with these cultural perspectives are faced with some issues that are unique to their heritage and culture. For example, in some cases, healthcare providers have been fired from their positions with the state for participating in religious rituals involving the use of peyote and have even been denied unemployment benefits as well. According to Kellhofer (2001), in one case that went to the Supreme Court (Employment Division vs. Smith, 494 U.S. 872, 1990), dealt with the use of peyote."
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Drug and Alcohol Use in Young Women, 2005.
A discussion about the growing range and prevalence of drug and alcohol abuse among young women in Australia.
2,526 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 111.95
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This paper describes strategies for coping with the underlying health risk factors that have been deemed related to the high drug and alcohol abuse rates among the young women of Australia. The paper uses these strategies as a basis for the methods suggested for decreasing the risky behaviors of these women. Finally, the paper also considers the role that general practitioners should have in identifying and preventing these behaviors.
Introduction
Identifying the Appropriate Media for Communicating with the Target Population
Strategies for Coping with the Depression-Based Risky Behaviours
Conclusion
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"According to Australia?s Teen Challenge Web site, ?Alcohol is the most widely used recreational drug in Australia.? Unfortunately, because it can be used in socially acceptable ways, it is not often recognized as a drug, especially by those abusing it. So it is not surprising that a 1998 survey commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care found that the use of alcohol was of special concern in teenagers and young people up to the age of 25. The young adults described alcohol as a catalyst for social gatherings, although overall, fewer young adults were drinking (down from 77 percent in 1988 to 71 percent in 1998) but that those who were drinking were drinking more."
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Alcoholism In Deaf Women, 1995.
Examines the special problems and needs of women and the disabled related to alcohol, biology, stigmatization and access to treatment resources.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 11 sources, AU$ 116.95
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"Alcoholism in Deaf Women
Alcohol usage is extremely common in the United States. Its abuse, however, is also the cause of considerable social harm. Alcoholism is a chronic, progressive disease resulting from persistent and excessive drinking. In addition to health problems, alcoholic behavior can result in familial, vocational, and legal difficulties. In recent years, the problem of alcoholism among the disabled has received increasing attention. More specifically, hearing-impaired women may be particularly vulnerable to the drug's adverse effects.
Tyas & Rush (1993) define a handicapped person as "anyone with a physical or mental disability that limits substantially one or more of such major life activities as walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, working, or learning" (Tyas & Rush, 1993, pp..."
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Alcohol and Women, 2002.
This paper is a proposal for a research study to examine how menstrual function may affect recovering alcohol females.
9,630 words (approx. 38.5 pages), 45 sources, APA, AU$ 286.95
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This paper is a proposal for a research study consisting of an examination for systematic association between three menstrual conditions (premenstrual syndrome, peri-menopause and menopause) and relapse, in a convenience sample of recovering alcoholics. The paper includes an extensive review of the literature. The author states that the basic research approach is descriptive involving hypothesis formulation and testing using several correlational hypotheses tests.
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Background
The Problem
Purpose of the Study
Assumptions
Review of the Literature
Introduction
Premenstrual Symptoms, Perimenopause, Menopause and Hormonal
Imbalances
Premenstrual Symptoms, Hormonal Imbalances and Treatment
Perimenopause Symptoms, Hormonal Imbalances and Treatment
Menopause Symptoms, Hormonal Imbalances and Treatment
Relation of Alcohol To Female Hormonal Imbalances Associated With
PMS, Perimenopause, and Menopause
Relapse in Recovering Alcoholic Females: Associations With PMS, Perimenopause and Menopause
Conclusions
Methodology
Research Approach and Design
Population and Sample
Instrumentation
Procedures
Data Analysis Plan
References
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"A number of conceptual assumptions serve as the foundation for this research. One of the key assumptions of the study is that PMS, perimenopause and/or menopause can operate, through the various symptoms associated with each of these conditions, contribute increased psychoemotional and physical stress to the lives of women in general and recovering alcoholic women in particular. A second assumption of the study is that the degree of stress associated with the symptoms of PMS, perimenopause and menopause can be significantly reduced and/or eliminated by certain interventions such as changes in lifestyle, improvement in eating habits and nutrition, exercise, and hormone replacement therapy."
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Women and Drug and Alcohol Dependency, 2002.
A sociological paper about drug and alcohol habits of women.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 9 sources, AU$ 103.95
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This paper examines drug use and alcohol dependency on women. This paper illustrates how this dependency on drugs and alcohol is increasing. Reasons why this statistic in women is rising are addressed and some of the deep seeded factors that are the causes are also addressed.
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Women and Alcohol, 2008.
This paper explores the situation regarding women alcoholics today.
1,594 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 6 sources, APA, AU$ 76.95
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The paper offers a brief history of women and alcohol, looks at the psychological causes for the disease and explores current research and statistics. The paper shows how women alcoholics are on the rise, especially among young women who may binge drink. The paper discusses the many different causes for alcohol abuse in women and asserts that scientists need to do more research in the area of female alcohol abuse, develop sounder methods of treating this debilitating disease and remove the stigmas involved in women alcoholics that stop women from seeking out treatments.
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"Studies and information have not always acknowledged women alcoholics. For many years, most researchers and scientists studied men who abused alcohol, and ignored the fact that many women can also have problems with alcoholic consumption and abuse. Historically, this has also been the case. In fact, since the dawn of America in the 1600s, alcohol has been a part of the daily life of men and women, and there were probably more alcoholic women in Colonial America than at any other time in history. The Puritans brought more beer than water on the Mayflower, and they established breweries almost as soon as they arrived in the New World, largely because many water supplies were unfit to drink (Hanson, 2007)."
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Alcoholism as a Social Problem, 2005.
A report on alcoholism, defined as the preoccupation with alcoholic beverages, that extends to a situation where an individual's personal, family, social and work life are affected by it.
2,830 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 18 sources, APA, AU$ 123.95
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The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of the negative effects that alcoholism has on the individual, his family and his community. This paper identifies and analyzes the basis for alcoholism on different types of individuals and gives the possible treatments.
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Introduction
Alcohol Consumption: An Emerging Public and Social Health Issue
Alcohol Consumption and Pregnant Women
Alcohol Consumption and Cognitive Behavior
Family History (FH) of Alcoholism and the Stability of Personality in
Young Adulthood
The Role of Development in the Relation between Personality and Family History of Alcohol
Alcoholism and Older People
Family Stressors and Alcohol Problems
Brief Intervention and Alcohol Consumption
Alcohol Consumption and Psychologist Help
Conclusion
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"Psychologists who are trained and experienced in treating alcohol problems can be helpful in many ways. Before the drinker seeks assistance, a psychologist can guide the family or others in helping to increase the drinker's motivation to change. A psychologist can begin with the drinker by assessing the types and degrees of problems the drinker has experienced. The results of the assessment can offer initial guidance to the drinker about what treatment to seek and help motivate the problem drinker to get treatment. Individuals with drinking problems definitely improve their chances of recovery by seeking help early. Using one or more of several types of psychological therapies, psychologists can help people address psychological issues involved in their problem drinking. A number of these therapies, including cognitive-behavioral coping skills treatment and motivational enhancement therapy, were developed by psychologists."
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Victimization in Women Alcoholics, 2002.
Looks at the causes and effects of vitimization in women alcoholics.
4,650 words (approx. 18.6 pages), 7 sources, AU$ 247.95
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This paper examines victimization in women as a contributing factor for women's alcoholism. Here, the term victimization refers to the process of physical, psychological, or emotional abuses that women routinely suffer in specific types of social settings.
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Homeless Women, Abuse and Alcoholism, 2002.
This paper describes how homeless women, who are often alcoholics, continue bravely on.
3,105 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 132.95
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This paper describes the daily life of homeless women, their daily struggles and how they manage to get through it all. It looks at programs and welfare available to assist them and whether these are beneficial.
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"At times, spiritual jargon is heard from homeless women. A homeless mother from the Interfaith Hospitality Network, Tina, exclaims, ?God has blessed me with these wonderful children. He really has. I am really having a tough time right now, but I know that God will take care of us.? On various occasions Tina voices her faith in God, and during the beginning of the semester I found it interesting and almost admirable that she could still have faith in God considering that she is living in an emergency homeless shelter. Tina is a mother of eight children from seven different men, energetic, social, active, appears to be involved in her children?s lives, and wears her emotions on her sleeve. At IHN, she shows indications of being a trauma survivor and her children display split images of her. One selection from the autobiographical readings about homeless women from I Have Arrived Before My Words: Autobiographical Writings of Homeless of Women, edited by Deborah Pugh and Jeanie Tietjen, is filled with spiritual jargon. Gayle, one of the contributors to the book, writes passages filled with teachings of Alcoholics Anonymous. The representation of the homeless mother intrigues me as Gayle shared many characteristics with Tina. They both are suffering through power struggles with alcohol, homelessness, and abuse."
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"Women and Alcohol in a Highland Maya Town" by Christine Eber, 2002.
This paper examines the role of women Latin America with a special emphasis on the author's ability to create a successful feminist anthropology.
1,690 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 79.95
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This paper reviews a woman-centered ethnography told through interviews with Mexican women in Chenalho. The author focuses on the Eber's analysis of these women and the positions they hold in Latin American society. The feminist focus is on the individual's standpoint and social location, which provide the foundation for the individual's status, or value in the society. Critical issues of gender relations, religious change, domestic violence, and drinking are discussed by the author, emphasizing how these women have gained greater control and are able to contribute greater to society as a whole.
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"In some respects, every part of the women's lives seem to be related to religion. Antonia expressed the best in an early part of the book when she noted that "what matters is that I follow the traditions and serve my people, that I show respect to people and God, that I pass well over the earth" (Eber 1995: 61). In other words, her life is centered on what we would think of the sacred, rather than the mundane. Or, to put it another way, what we might think of as ordinary life is invested with religious meaning, is sacralized, for the women of the village."
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Women and Alcoholism, 2002.
Examines the book "Drinking, A Love Story" by American author Caroline Knapp.
2,940 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 126.95
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In a recent study conducted by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse there are an estimated 4.5 million American women who are alcoholics today. The paper investigates this social problem against the backdrop of the autobiographical novel "Drinking, A Love Story" by Caroline Knapp. It shows how the novel offers the reader a glimpse not only into the world of alcohol addiction, its impact on families and potential treatments, but also into the scope of the disease as it relates to women.
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"Unfortunately, the fall out of alcohol abuse for women also reflects this double standard. Most men leave their alcoholic wives, whereas most women stay with their alcoholic husbands. This, of course, has more to do with sex roles than with alcohol. Women are still often economically dependent on men and therefore cannot leave even desperate situations. Women are also socialized to be self-sacrificing. Men are much freer to leave, economically and psychologically, and leave they do (Brennan, Moos, Rudolf, 1996). AS Knapp points out, "By the end, (drinking) was the single most important relationship in my life" (Knapp, 1996)."
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Women?s Health in the 19th Century, 2002.
This paper traces the evolution of women's health and medical practices through the 19th century, citing ?The Yellow Wallpaper? by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in the analysis of female hysteria.
3,817 words (approx. 15.3 pages), 12 sources, APA, AU$ 152.95
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This paper explores women's health issues in the 19th century. The writer suggests that the attitudes of men toward women were central to issues concerning women?s health. The paper looks at primitive gynecologic practices, allopathic medicine, personalities including midwife Martha Ballard and trends such as Lydia Pinkham?s Vegetable Compound. The writer concludes that studying the history of the progress in women's health is an excellent way for women to learn what they will have to do to improve their own futures.
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"In the 19th century, any female complaint was likely to be considered a nervous disorder. The woman in ?The Yellow Wallpaper? is the victim of what contemporary men labeled ?hysteria? for which many hysterectomies were performed. Getting out from behind that male imposed wallpaper was a major effort of will for women. If she complained too much, a woman would most likely be subjected to the new hysterectomy procedure developed by Dr. Robert Battley, which had a very high mortality rate. Doctors like the husband in Gilman?s story provoked a reactionary movement that included the efforts of Dr. John Kellogg and Dr. Sylvester Graham, part of the popular health movement that flourished from 1820-1870. They encouraged loose, healthy clothing, exercise and steam baths for both sexes, advocated vegetarian, whole wheat, alcohol free diets and strongly rejected masturbation as sinful, lawless and unhealthy."
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Women's Health among Marginalized Populations, 2005.
A discussion on women's health in the poor immigrant and aboriginal populations.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 51.95
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The paper examines how women's health is a subject which, as many commentators have noted, is often complicated by factors such as class, race, and culture. In this analysis the development and delivery of health care to women considers the roles played by these factors in our contemporary health care system. The two articles compared and contrasted here focus on the perceptions of health care among two traditionally marginalized female populations: poor immigrant women and poor aboriginal women.
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Women's Health, 2005.
An analysis of women and health, based on six newspaper articles.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 8 sources, AU$ 77.95
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This paper discusses six different newspaper articles that look at the issue of women and health. The articles reflect a current analysis of menopause, hormones, pregnancy, fitness and birth-control, all important factors of the multi-faceted aspects of women's health. The paper individually analyzes the main aspects of each newspaper article.
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"Women's Health: Popular Trends In the popular media, the first glimpses one is given of the issue of women's health is centered in the superficiality of health issues--beauty and weight management. Naturally, these issues are central to health (beauty to overall health and weight management to lower health risks)--but it is not for these reasons that the media tends to idealize the slim beauty. However, if one continues looking, they can discover that there is a general awareness of certain women's health issues underneath that surface, some important ones being menopause, birth control, pregnancy and fitness."
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Women's Health Care, 2003.
This paper discusses gender issues relative to women's health care.
3,450 words (approx. 13.8 pages), 19 sources, MLA, AU$ 174.95
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This paper contends that health care is not administered on a gender-equal basis. The author points out reasons for engendered inequity in the health care system. The paper relates the attitude toward homosexual women that impact health care delivery.
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"This research examines gender issues relative to women's health care. The research will examine why even in the ... century health care is not administered on a gender-equal basis. It will be shown that despite attempts by the health-care infrastructure ..."
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