Contemporary Health Issues

Contemporary Health Issues

Introduction

There are several health issues that our society has been struggling with. The mission of every country's health care unit is to enhance the health and well-being of people by offering them with efficient fitness and human service. Some of the organization under the unit may provide the best treatment by charging for it(privilege) while other may work on voluntary bases for general well being of the society on whole considering the fact that every human being deserves the access to quality health care (right). Over forty-five million U.K. residents are uninsured or underinsured. Those surviving in poverty showcase the most detrimental health and wellbeing status. Occupation, education, earnings, together with ethnicity is critical elements in a person's capability to obtain medical care access. Having recognized that there are individuals deprived of the fundamental health care access as a result of multi-factorial etiologies, the issue pops up with regards to whether the program required to aid these people in acquiring such access must be regarded as a right or the privilege.

Public Health is defined as the approach in area of medicine that refers to the health of community on the whole. The piece of writing discusses maternal mortality which is one of the most disturbing health issues. Maternal mortality has been identified as one of the most serious issues surrounding international health care framework. The document presents demographic and ethnographic approach to explore the issues surrounding maternal mortality. The content of this document is designed to explore the potential measures regarding improvising the health care services to tackle this issue that can help in eradication or at least reduction of this serious issue. The issue has achieved the status of global health issue and hence needs to be tackled on urgent bases by local and international public health interventions.

Discussion

Explaining Maternal Mortality

Maternal mortality is the term used for representing the fatalities of women that occur in duration of the reproductive process, i.e., during the nine months of pregnancy, within two months following the birth of baby or pregnancy termination and during the child delivery. The deaths are considered irrespective of the place of birth. The maternal mortality ratio demonstrates the risk linked with each pregnancy, that is, the obstetric risk.

Investigating the Issue

In order to address a certain issue it is very important to develop a profound understanding of the issue using demographic and ethnographic approach. Without knowing insights of the issue it is impossible to develop strategies in public health promotion area regarding addressing the issue.

Each day, around eight hundred females die because of prevent-able causes associated with child birth and pregnancy and ninety nine percent of all maternal deaths take place in developing nations around the world. Maternal mortality is considerably higher in females residing in non-urban locations and among poor communities. Young adults or adolescents experience greater risk of additional complications and fatality because of pregnancy when compared with ladies of age above 20.

Enhancing maternal health care is amongst the 8 Millennium Development ...