When we think of public health the four P's come to mind: population, prevention, promotion, and personal responsibility. Planned Parenthood is a nonprofit organization that provides services and resources to the community to treat and/or maintain personal health, specifically sexual health. With a focus in preventative care, contraceptives such as condoms, birth control, etc., are supplied, and education about HIV/AIDS, sexual health, abortion, and family planning is made available. In fact eighty-three percent of clients come to this organization to receive supplies, such as contraceptives, to prevent unplanned pregnancies which are estimated to be over 612,000 every year. Taking action against the troubling issues of teen pregnancy, the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases, and early detection of certain types of cancers, Planned Parenthood provides visitors with a comforting atmosphere, and more importantly, with privacy. Tests for HIV, STD's, UTI's, and examinations such as the PAP test, breast exam, and other routine screenings are also offered. In Tampa the center of Planned Parenthood can be found in a little hidden plaza right off 56th Street, and before the street light at Puritan Road. The area surrounding is a seemingly less privileged an underdeveloped neighborhood in Temple Terrace, which is the reason we decided this location would be great place for our public health sticker. It is in the epicenter of the demographics most in need of affordable health care, that of lower income families, college students/young adults, and teens lacking the finances demanded by physicians and/or lacking the insurance. With the belief that every individual has the right to his/her own sexual health, despite his status, ethnicity, or age, they fight to provide each individual with the care and knowledge needed to make smart decisions about her sexual health. From a healthy individual materializes a healthy community, an ideal representation of what public health does in our society.
BY: Amisha Chapadia, Brycen Herman, Jessica Cambridge, and Stephanie Velardi
I like the fact that this organization was chosen for the group blog.I think there is a stigma attached to Planned Parenthood it should not be that way, this blog definitely dispells some of that stigma. As we all know disease does not discriminate.
ReplyDeleteI think one of the most growing epidemics in today's society is unplanned pregnancies and lack of sexual prevention and education. Personally, I do not agree with the "Abstinence-only sex education" concept. I think knowledge is the only was our generation will become responsible adults that lead planned lives. This is a resource I feel needs to be in every communicative and hopefully one day it will be. This is definitely Public Health!! Great spot!
ReplyDeleteThis is a really great public health topic. Many students and other groups of people are in need of this type of service. I'm not sure how many people know about this but I sure didn't. I'm 17 years old and always thought that I didn't have any options when it came to this kind of medical care. I thought that every single thing I did would have to be under my Mothers insurance. This is certainly public health and it helps different groups of people.
ReplyDeleteFor awhile I never really knew exactly what Planned Parenthood was about, but know after learning about it and reading the blog, I feel that this is a good place, especially for this generarion to go. Not only does it help people out with more education about HIV and other diseases, but it also is able to help assist with family planning. I feel that more people should know about Planned Parenthood because it does serve a purpose of letting everyone kn ow the dangers of having unprotected sex.
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