I am seventeen years old, a few months from legally becoming an adult, and my father does not know how to spell my name. My dad is not only unable to spell, he also lacks the necessary knowledge to complete simple tasks or participate in any other form of work aside from manual labor due to his inadequate education. My father was only 8 years old when he was abandoned in the US foster care system; as a ward of the state there was no semblance of solidity or structure in his life and he only managed to get through a few years of junior high before dropping out altogether. Sadly, this struggle was not just manifested in his educational career, but persisted throughout his life. It was never his decision to be another failed product of the foster care system. He never had the opportunity to receive proper health education, which is a critical portion of any child’s development into adulthood. In the middle of my sophomore year, my dad was diagnosed with cancer due to an HPV …show more content…
79 million Americans are affected by HPV, and my father was one of them. I do not want another family impacted in the same way mine …show more content…
I wanted to be the best I could be; as a result, I found myself taking on adult responsibilities at a young age. While other kids had time for more extracurriculars, I chose to be either working, helping my parents care for my four younger siblings, or studying on my own. I was not forced to excel; I chose to do so because I wanted to do better for my family. Higher education is the opportunity I desire to combine my strengths and passions and apply it to my community. I am seventeen years old, a few months from legally becoming an adult, and my objective is to improve the world I live
A virus that is the cause of warts of the hands and feet, as well as
Summary of article: In “Bridging the HPV Knowledge Gap,” Christina Demopoulos and two others talk about the importance of knowledge on HPV and how most patients are unaware of this virus and that is it on the oral health professionals to educate them. This virus is transmitted easily through a small cut or tear in the oral cavity and is associated with a variety of oral lesion, cances, and oropahygnel cancers. The article included a statistic that about 12,000 people between ages 15 and 24 are affected everyday by HPV and its only increasing. HPV causes more than 30,000 cancer cases a year which the average age diagnosis is 62, but ther is arise of cases in the adolescents. With that being said, it is put on oral health professional to discuss the ipmo ratio of HPV with patients, and they should become more familiar with HPV because there is an association between HPV and oropharyngeal cancers. One way to bridge the HPV knowledge gap is to do what NEvada is doing. Nevada has a Immunization program which promotes for better health and they hold a lot of information conferences. Overall,
HPV is so common in the United States that nearly all men and women will contract the virus at some point during life (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2017). In the United States, in 2008, it is reported that 3.2 million, or one in four adolescent women, ages 14 to 19 have had or have an STD (Kostas-Polston et al., 2012). The rate of HPV cases has only increased since 2008. The prevalence of a genital infection with any HPV type was 42.5% among United States during 2013–2014 (CDC, 2017). The incidence of HPV in the United States is about 14 million people each year.
The incidence of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in my local community Lockport, Illinois is one out of every five people have HPV and due to the vaccinations to prevent HPV, Illinois ranks 48th among the United States for incidences of HPV (Manchir, 2013). HPV is a sexually transmitted infection that is transmitted through sexual contact. HPV is transmitted during vaginal, oral, or anal sex and on rare occasions, through birth during delivery (Illinois Department of Public Health [IDPH], 2013). Surprisingly, 50 percent of men and women that are active sexually will acquire HPV during their lifetime! HPV has affected 20 million Americans and an astounding, six million additional people will become infected every year (Illinois Department of Public Health [IDPH], 2013). Although Lockport Illinois has a lower amount of people with HPV, as a public health nurse, I realize this is an issue that needs to be addressed in my local community. Awareness is the key to prevention. Teenagers, parents, and all adults need to
Education is the main goal of college. I had always considered myself a person dedicated to the pursuit of more knowledge and a better education. My mother, being a teacher, had instilled these values in me. When I was in elementary, I tested into a gifted center and from there I tested into selective enrollment college prep. The obvious next step seemed to be college. Looking the scholarship given to me, it just didn’t seem to add up. I had scored a 32 on the ACT but my scholarship was barely covering half of my expenses. But I knew if a just gave up, the meant giving up on everything that I believe in. By pursing college I was able to be challenged, pursue subjects which interested me and discover new pathways that I was interested such as African American studies. Without taking that chance, I may have never received that knowledge.
According to the article “geographic variation in human papilloma vaccination uptake among 13-17 year old adolescent girls in the united states” author mention that highest prevalence of HPV initiation found in the northeast (53.4% and 39.9%), Midwest (51.1% and 33.5%) and west (61.6 % and 38.7 %) geographic regions of United States (Rahman, 2014).
HPV is “the most common viral infection of the reproductive tract” (WHO). It is also what lead to the development of Henrietta’s cervical cancer. HPV is the most common cause of cervical cancer. The HPV types 16 and 18 are responsible for almost all cases of cervical cancer.
Instead, if people saw how serious this virus is, then they may be able to more clearly see how beneficial the vaccinations are. HPV is so common and prevalent in today’s society that it will infect 75% – 80% of both males and females throughout their lifetime. Those infected with specific
According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, 80% of people in America are infected by the Human Papillomavirus, also known as HPV, at some point in their lifetime. That would be as though, 25 out of the 30 students in this classroom have or have had this sexually transmitted disease. Only one group of desks in this class would be safe from its harmful effects. This is an incredibly common, and potentially deadly, virus, which is why we should mandate the HPV vaccine, Gardasil, for all teenage girls entering middle school.
I am motivated by my dreams, being more success and also living a better life. In the great words of Nelson Mandela “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world’’. So it’s very important to be ahead in life and for me to be focus of my career goals and what I want to accomplish. College also gives you great experience in the fields and real life training, college can also enhance skills set on computers and areas of work that high school didn’t teach you, so it’s important for me to get the education I need. A degree also can provide me with promotions in the near future.
The disease specifically affects those in poverty and results in higher rates of cancer in black and Hispanic women. (Source) Some states are starting to require female students in public schools to receive vaccination for HPV by the sixth grade. (Source) When public schools become advocates for a vaccination, it tends to be a big ordeal and starts to catch on. This virus is showing just how complex and controversial making a vaccine mandatory can be. Parents are starting fear that making it a requirement is implicitly condoning sex before marriage or sex with multiple partners. (source)Media is starting to show that it plays a big part as well because during the CNN-Tea party Republican presidential debate on September 13, 2011, that mandate came under fire when candidate Michele Bachman claimed that the vaccine was dangerous
In addition, the immune system of most women will usually suppress or eliminate HPVs. This is very important because only an ongoing persistent infection has the potential to lead to cervical cancer (HPV). Eleven thousand cases of this kind of cancer were confirmed in 2007 in the United States; the amount undiagnosed is still unclear but believed to be in the tens of thousands. But to give some perspective of the problem you need to understand its effects on a global level. On the world wide scale cervical cancer strikes nearly half a million women each year, claiming more than a quarter of a million lives. “High risk” HPV types 16 and 18 are implicated in Seventy percent of cervical cancers and are hence selected for vaccine targets (The HPV).
Ever since I can remember I have always been passionate about helping other people, which then sparked my desire to continue my education. As I began to grow older I witnessed my four brothers drop out of high school, and that lead to the expectation
Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are a group of more than 200 related viruses. More than 40 HPV types can be easily spread through direct sexual contact via vaginal, anal, and oral sex (NIH-NCI, 2015). While high-risk HPV types cause approximately 5% of all cancers worldwide, in the United States, high-risk HPV types cause approximately 3% and 2% of all cancer cases among women and men respectively. Cervical cancer, vaginal cancer, vulvar cancer, anal cancer, penile cancer, and oropharyngeal cancers can be caused by high-risk HPV (de Martel et al., 2012; Jemal et al., 2013).
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a family of sexually transmitted viruses that infect skin and mucosal cells, causing genital warts and many different types of cancer that can affect the mouth, throat, vulva, vagina, cervix, penis and anus. It is a very common sexually transmitted disease that can be spread through sexual contact (sexual intercourse, oral sex and hand-genital contact) and from infected mothers to their babies during labour. The disease cannot completely be prevented from being transmitted by using condoms or other contraceptives. Most men and women will be infected with HPV at some point in their life, but most will recover from the infection with no ill effects or with any symptoms within 2 years. ‘About 25% of people with HPV infection will develop genital warts which can be uncomfortable and embarrassing.’ 2%1 of HPV infections are present after 5 years which can lead to other complications. In women, HPV can cause cervical cancer, especially in Māori women who are twice as likely to get it compared to a non-Māori women. ‘Every year in New Zealand around 160 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and around 60 die from the disease.’ 1 Cervical cancer and genital warts can be prevented for women if they take the HPV vaccine. This vaccine is administered to girls when they are 12 or 13 years old (year 8 of school) in 3 doses over a period of 6 months and is funded by the government as part of the New Zealand National Immunisation Schedule. I believe the HPV