Nineteen Fifty-Six Vol. 3 Issue 1
This is the Fall 2022 edition of Nineteen Fifty-Six magazine. The theme, Amoir Noir (translated "Black Love") was written with the importance that Black people see authentic depictions of love. Turn the pages of the first issue of Volume 3 and feel the love coming out.
This is the Fall 2022 edition of Nineteen Fifty-Six magazine. The theme, Amoir Noir (translated "Black Love") was written with the importance that Black people see authentic depictions of love. Turn the pages of the first issue of Volume 3 and feel the love coming out.
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LEAH JONES<br />
W O M E N ’ S<br />
H E A L<br />
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Women’s healthcare is more important<br />
than many women may understand it to<br />
be. Those who have reproductive organs<br />
such as a uterus and a cervix require checkups and<br />
care to remain healthy and safe. However, many<br />
people are not aware of just how crucial this is.<br />
“As women and, whether you identify as female or<br />
not, those who were born with a uterus and born<br />
with a cervix, we have some very unique healthcare<br />
needs,” Dr. Amy Lee, a professor at the University of<br />
Alabama and the DNP Program Coordinator said,<br />
Lee said it is important to be affiliated with someone<br />
who works with women and people who have those<br />
reproductive structures. Doing so helps with<br />
prevention of issues like STIs and cervical cancer,<br />
but also helps with intervention if these issues ever<br />
occur.<br />
“If you get infected with an STI like gonorrhea or<br />
chlamydia, if left untreated it can result to long<br />
term infertility, pelvic inflammatory disease, and<br />
ectopic pregnancies,” Lee said. “So, the sooner you<br />
recognize you have a problem, and it is detected and<br />
treated, the more likely you are to prevent all this in<br />
the long run,” said Lee.<br />
Dr. Lee has an expansive background in women’s<br />
healthcare covering practices like obstetrics,<br />
gynecology, and labor, delivery, recovery and<br />
postpartum (LDRP) nursing. Since graduating from<br />
the University of Alabama in 1990, Lee has assisted<br />
many women with their healthcare needs.<br />
Many women are familiar getting an annual pap<br />
smear to examine the state of reproductive organs.<br />
However, most people are not as well informed about<br />
pap smears as they may think. Research has found<br />
that they are not always efficient in finding cervical<br />
issues.<br />
“We’ve recognized over the past two or three decades<br />
the role that the HPV virus plays in cervical cancer<br />
and how prevention of HPV virus can prevent cervical<br />
cancer,” Lee said. “The recommendation that has<br />
come out recently is that we can use primary HPV<br />
testing starting at 25. Then you just test for HPV<br />
and if it’s negative, you do not have to do the cycle.”<br />
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