Special Population: Pregnant Women, Especially African Americans

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Chosen population: Pregnant Women especially the African Americans
It is evident that women face various unique issues when it comes to drug use, which is typically
influenced by sex and gender-based social roles. Women who use multiple drugs may have
problems which are relatively related to hormones, menstrual cycle, fertility and thus pregnancy.
In this case, women may be deeply involved in drugs to fight off exhaustion. Control weight or
pain and also to attempt in self-treatment options for the health problems that come from this
situation (Jansson, & Patrick,2018). This particular population utilize drug substances in
distinctive amounts and always respond differently in behavioural aspects. This chosen
population can experience more physical effects on the body, for example, the blood vessels and
heart failure.
Women are also likely to get into delivery or emergency room before the required time as an
after effect of the drugs used.
Most African American women are faced by challenges like domestic violence, racial prejudice
and gender-based stereotypes hence opting to get into drugs in order to feel self-value.it is also
evident that divorce rates and loss of children custody among the African American shave been
increasingly high hence contributing to this particular issue of pregnant women getting into
drugs.
African American women may also have been sexually mistreated. The rape, as a result, might
have brought about the exiting pregnancy hence promoting the women to dwell in drugs for
consolation.it might be a way of dealing with short term rejection and prejudice from the cruel
judgment of the people in the society and also family members (Ke, Greupink, &