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Reducing teen pregnancy rates through contraceptive education
Get PDFTeen pregnancy is a public health issue that has been a long-time topic of concern in the United States, but in recent years has been declining. Even with this substantial progress and downward trend, reducing pregnancies in adolescence still remains on the Healthy People 2030 objectives because of the community wide impact felt from teen pregnancy. This paper was written as part of a Community Outreach Project for the Physician Assistant Program at OHSU and discusses contraceptive education as a means to decrease teen pregnancy rates. I then presented a contraceptive education lesson to a class of high school students in Portland, OR. In this paper, I discuss the downward trend of teen pregnancy rates in America, why teen pregnancy is a medical and social problem that we should still care about and how contraceptive education is an effective tool to help youth make safe decisions
Understanding the prevalence of gender-based violence in the food system
Get PDFGender-based violence is prevalent in society. This Capstone research focuses on the social problem of gender-based violence in the food system, examining its hidden forms. The main conceptual frameworks used in this research are gender and violence, which includes both direct and hidden forms of violence. My overall research question asks, what are the hidden forms of gender-based violence in the food system? To answer this question, I conducted a content analysis of literature relevant to gender-based violence in the food system. Research findings document hidden forms of violence throughout the food system, which are evident in the advertising industry, retail stores, restaurants, supermarkets, households, food production, government, and farms. Overall, I conclude that hidden forms of violence exist all around us and occur in front of our eyes, but we cannot distinguish them because they are normalized to the point that they are unrecognizable. To create more socially just food systems and society, it is essential to acknowledge and confront the hidden forms of gender violence