DB # 15: City of Maquilias

Women a work place. The video in Mexico and Haiti have the same message, in fact it is the the same work condition where Capitalism operates around the world. why factories are not willing to improve work place condition and pay dissent wage for their employees ? The answer is Maximize profit. under capitalism, maximizing profit is the main plat form of operation. in developed countries, labour union and human right organization forced factories to accept conditions such as pay workers living wage, safety at work place, limited numbers of working hour etc... In developing countries, because of their poverty and a their large number of unemployment, they are the target of exploitation by factory owners. Specially women suffer from this in human working condition. women working in in chemical infested work environment while they are pregnant have effect on their pregnancy as well as the fetus. women also suffer the most because of their role in the house hold. Cooking meal, cleaning the house and take care of the children are some of the examples. What is the solution? Workers must organize globally the fight back for their right. advocacy group in developed countries champaign to educate people and lobbying congress to regulate companies who practice child labour, women unsafe working conditions.    

DB # 14 What can Women do to reduce the risk of assult.

The primary strategy to reduce assault is to avoide the risk factor of the assault. Domestic violence, rape and sexual assault is prevalent in low income families and it is also depend on the culture of the society. As individual women can reduce the risk of assault by effective communication with their partners. Date rape and other unwanted sexual advance can be reduced by asserting her desire to her partner. ambiguous communication and not what she want is the invitation of inappropriate behavior and action. In general women can reduce the risk of assault by educating women and men as a whole what is wrong and what is wright  about women's right. some cultures are ignorant about human right as well as women's right. Specially men dominating culture, men advance their desire with out respect of women's right. In today's world women involved in  higher position can mobilize women movement to stand up for their right. Reporting incidents to law enforcement can reduce subsequent assault. Women as individual or as a whole can reduce the risk of assault by participating in community base women empowerment and raising their voice about domestic violence.
seyoum abebe.  

blog # 13 is it better to put drug addicts in jail or to send them to mandatory drug treatment programs

Drug addiction, in any shape or form is a mental disease. There are a variety of reasons why people start using drugs and finally addicted to it. once a person become drug addict, His/Hrs  personality become weaken and their health start deteriorated. These individuals may involve in criminal activity to support their addiction. stealing and possession of drug may be a primary offence to drug addicts. The coast for the court system, law enforcement, jail time and emergency health care and shelter for those that go back to drug use once out of jail. ( Jared, 2009). correcting the underling problem of drug addicts is cost effective rather than send them in jail for extended period of time. Drug addicts are not career criminals like drug dealers, rather, they are the victim of social crisis. Kids from dysfunctional families tend to use drugs to cope with their loss of intact family values. minorities and women are the victim of discrimination, thus they tend to use drug to cope with discrimination. These are few example of social crisis that need to be addressed and find solution.

reference
http://www.treatmentsolutionsnetwork.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/31/301/
 

Blog # 12 Mental Health

Mrs Maria's life is one of a classic example of mental illness which impacts  someone life. Maria is my distance cousin who was diagnosed with schizophrenia.The illness completely change maria's life and makes her dependable on her sister and on other family member. Maria was 28 years old when the disease struck her. There was a lot of theories about her illness. some family members blame her husband and others blamed her for hers soft personality which  she could not cope with the stressful life in this country. despite, all these theories, there is one fact remain that have not been discussed: that is, the history of mental illness in the family. One of maria's brother suffered with mental illness back home in Ethiopia. After separated from her husband, maria stayed with me in Boston until she moved to Indiana to her sister care. While  maria stayed with me and my wife, i saw maria changed her behaviour and personality. She constantly complaining of hearing voice that terrifies her and threaten her to kill her self. Me and my wife arrange our work schedule to stay with her 24/7 to monitor her situation. this is one example, that mentally ill family member are  a burden to their families. Maria was on medication. the side effect of the medication makes her mouth dry and she does not have appetite and refused to eat. When the medication start working her personality become better and she engaged in normal conversion. Maria left to Indiana to her sister care. i spoke with maria and her sister frequently.Maria frustrated from her illness and she refused to take her medication. her situation be come worst and she was admitted to mental institution. Maria,s situation become better and she discharged from mental institution. Despite treatment and family support, Maria's illness become worse and she was not able to control her self. Finally she was sent to Ethiopia to her mother care. I visited maria in 1995 when i went to Ethiopia for vacation. she recognized me and she said she want to go back to america.         

Blog # 11 Chronic Disease

Mr John has been living with Diabetic type 2 for fifteen years. when i spoke with john, about his chronic disease some times he gets emotional. My first question was, if any of his immediate family member has been diagnosed with diabetic. After a brief silence, he said, his father had died with diabetic complication at the age of 65.He said, his father was smoking and drinking while he sick and did not control his chronic disease. John said, he was terrified when he first diagnosed with diabetic.An like his father john determined to live longer for himself and his families. Taking medication every day is the daunting task to be diabetic john said. not to mention watch my diet, being active and doing regular exercise is a burden to my every day life. John seems very anxious about his weight. according to body mass index, john weight is considered obese. despite his effort to control his diabetes, john lives in constant fear about his disease. John believe that he inherit his diabetic from his family: and he is wondering which of his three sons get the disease. John is 56 years old cab driver. The nature of his work, which is sitting in his cab for long hours makes his diabetic worse. John said, Evey opportunity he gets out of the cab and stretched him self. John graduated from high school and did not went to college. John said he want different job, however, with no higher education and family responsibility he stuck to be a cab driver. Finally, john said he is lucky to live in this technology driven age. medical technology and support group in the community prolong my life which my father did not have.      

Heart Disease In my Family Blog # 10

Heart disease is a number one killer in the world. it affects me and my family in great deal. Both of my parents died from heart disease. my father died at the age of 63 with hyper tension and my mother died from stroke at the age of 57. I have five brothers and two sisters. Two of my brother and my self diagnosed with hyper tension and coronary artery disease ( my self) one of my sister diagnosed with congenital heart disease. Who knows what is next?. If six individuals affected in one family, the prevalence of the disease is higher for heart disease. The physical aspect of this of the disease is, of course losing your family members. the consequence of  loosing a father or a mother have a great impact in socio economic of the family and others who are associated with the family. Heart disease is caused, either by building  of cholesterol in arteries or by high blood pressure. The Culture aspect of heart disease in my family is food. we eat food rich in saturated fat and red meat. eating food in saturated fat is a precursors for building cholesterol in the arteries.Education is key to reduce the incidence of heart disease. Educating the public, about regular exercise, healthy diet and other preventive strategies have a great deal of impact in our life.

Eating Disorder blog eight

Eating disorder is clinically and socially significant. In fact eating disorder such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa is a life threatening event, which individuals starving them selves to death. Action taken by individuals to be bulimics or anorexic exert tremendous pressure to parents and loved ones. Media and western culture, who embrace slim body shape to be fit in society put pressure on young age girls. Different cultures have different perspective about body weight and shape. those culture who have little emphasis on body weight and shape, people do not have eating disorder problem. This seems true in African American culture.
Some study shows different perspective about dissatisfaction of body weight. In the past, people believe that, only young white women were affected by eating disorder. ( 2005 national eating disorder association). Survey conducted by ( kilpatric, Ohannessian, & Bartholomew, 1999) indicate that from 6504 adolescence, Asian, Blacks, Hispanics,and Caucasian youth they attempted to lose weight at similar rate. Why cultures emphasized less about body weight involve with weight dissatisfaction and eating disorder? "It has been hypothesized that as women of colour experience acculturation or assimilation of dominant ideas, they become more susceptible to eating disorder.(2005 NEDA).
eating disorder is a complex issue. Society as whole need to find solution to reduce eating disorder.

refernce
http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/
Seyoum Abebe