Positive Health Behavior

Positive Health Behaviors

Introduction

Health of the citizens should be the utmost priority and important issue for any country. It is very unfortunate that health has been neglected ruthlessly not only in third world countries but also in the developed countries. It is widely come into notice that women are suffering from many diseases. For instance, breast cancer or cervical cancer are rapidly growing just because of a little negligence of the authorities and lack of knowledge towards precautions. Breast cancer and cervical cancer are so common, but people are still unaware of the precautions. Woman's health is of immense importance to any country as women are the pillars of society. Man, however, runs the society so; both man and women should be given knowledge about their health. In case of cancer, early detection can maximise the chances of successful cure so, knowledge regarding prevention and screening should be provided to society to avoid or properly treat breast, cervical and prostate cancer (www.who.int).

Discussion

Cancer is rapidly increasing through out the world. The main reasons behind its rapid growth are majorly contributed by lack of awareness in the general public regarding the precautionary measures and diagnostic procedures. It is now proved that earlier diagnosis and quick strategy can lead to cure of cancer. According to the “Centre for Disease Control and Prevention”; Breast cancer, cervical and colorectal cancer costs billions of dollar to America and claims thousands of lives every year. Cancer is the second highest cause of death in America (Anonymous, 2008).

The government of America is planning policies and running a campaign to spread awareness regarding precautionary measures, risk factors and early detection of cancer. Many programs have executed, and many are in the process to elevate the awareness level of community. For instance, the frequent tobacco use, alcohol intake, physical inactivity and diet and nutrition play a very important role towards the development of disorders in human body. Awareness regarding all these risk factors is supposed to be done through every possible mean. Ranging from seminars, conventions, word of mouth to the use of social forums like internet and social media would play a very convincing role in creating a sense of knowledge among the people (Anthony, et al, 2011).

A federal funded program named “Every Women Matters” is providing preventive facilities to patients and giving low cost screening for Breast Cancer, Cervical cancer and colon cancer. It is a state funded program. It helps in the early detection of any possibility for cancer and facilitates patients without affecting their financial state. The early detection of cancer helps people to move towards cure. With the help of this program, there was a prominent decrease trend in cancer deaths.

There were some barriers in the successful execution of this program which affect the successful outcome. The causes why the “Every Women Matters” program did not achieve success includes the weak cooperation among the health care teams and patients. The program was out of reach of all women suffering from ...