Maternal Mortality is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the number of deaths of pregnant women within the first 42 days after the termination of their pregnancy, regardless of the duration of the pregnancy before its termination (Darney, Saavedra-Avendano, & Lozano, 2016). The Mexican National Health Information System...

The term literacy has found itself attached to many different concepts in the last decade or so – computer literacy, cultural literacy, digital literacy, media literacy, visual literacy, to name a few. Literacy, of course, is the term that is most familiar in all of these combinations, and its meaning...

While there are many reasons that someone might become the perpetrator of domestic violence, there are only a few overwhelming causes of being a victim of domestic violence. First and foremost, the number one predisposing factor to becoming a victim is being a woman. While it is not 100% men...

Female circumcision and mutilation have negative impacts on public and individual health, however the practice continues, rooted in culture and history in nearly thirty African and Middle Eastern countries (Cook, 2008). While it is not known when or how the practice began, there is some evidence from mummified bodies that...

Question 1The cost containment of healthcare is an important one, particularly in the United States where rising costs have not also resulted in better patient outcomes. In 2012 the cost of healthcare for Americans was nearly $3 trillion dollars, representing almost 20% of all spending (Emanuel et al., 2012). There...