To have a Baby or Not to have a Baby?

I am all for having a baby and as many as four or even five children hopefully in a later decade or so in my life. I love babies and kids because they are just adorable and I always wanted to have one or more as my own so when I am settled and married things will happen. I would definetly choose a hospital setting for my wife to give birth in. I need that safety and security blanket just as a precaution if complications were to occur. I would want my wife to choose a reliable doctor preferably one from an ObGy clinical background or one that specializes in pregnancy and birthing. Chosing my health care provider and where I will have my wife give birth is truly the most important decisions when dealing with pregnancy. I would never have her go through a water bath or home birth unless it was the last resort and we are stranded in the middle of no hospital which is highly unlikely these days.

Blog 4

• Should sex education be taught in the nation’s public schools, and if so, what kind of education should be provided? (Abstinence-only? Abstinence-plus?)
  

I believe it is neccessary to teach young teens especially in the younger grades such as seventh and eighth grade. Teaching abstinence is a good idea because sex is not for young children especially that young because girls should not be mothering babies at such a young age anyway. They should still teach teens the proper techniques for safe sex guidelines and how to use contraceptions. Also allowing them access to a health instructor or family doctor in which there is confidentiality in those types of situations. We should show them the horrific side of sexually transmitted diseases and their course. Showing the worst case scenario may freak the lights out of some teens, but clearly a scare tactics must be done to avoid sex until marriage or when they are older and ready.

Blog 3- How can we encourage adolescents to follow healthy behaviors? Any ideas for parents, healthcare providers, health educators, media, society

How can we encourage adolescents to follow healthy behaviors? Any ideas for parents, healthcare providers, health educators, media, society, etc?

We can encourage adolescents to follow healthy behaviors using the three prevention types which are primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary prevention methods. With all the combination of these three prevention types, young adolescents will have a safer and more healthier life. If they are to live a healthy life that is nothing but quality, then these adolescents are to be encourage to eat healthy, exercise physically on a regular basis, and be taught and educated by certified health educators. Adolscents need to be motivated and encouraged to learn daily about new medical information and prevention. They need to be told and explained to why abusing harmful substances cause death and it causes you to become dumb overtime.
Family plays a key role in keeping their children informed about the negatives in society and life and also keeping a light over into the positives such as eating healthy and taking vitamins and minerals with a balanced nutritous diet. Media can promote these things as they are already in certain teen and kids programming during the mornings or in the afternoon when school is out. Society needs to implement these plans and programs to adolescents so it sticks with them like a skill they carry for the rest of their life because after all it is your health.