Adolescent - a young person in the process of developing from a child into an adult
Atherosclerosis - a disease of the arteries in which there are deposits of fatty material on their inner walls
Braxton Hicks - intermittent weak contractions of the uterus occurring during pregnancy
Caesarian section - a surgical operation for delivering a child by cutting through the wall of the mother’s abdomen
Cardiac disease - any disease that affects the cardiovascular system; atherosclerosis and/ or hypertension are the most common.
Chronic - persisting for a long time or constantly recurring
Community - a group of people living together in one place
Conception - the action of conceiving a child
Core values - main principles or standards of behaviour which are considered important in life, such as, respect for elders
Corporal punishment - physical punishment, such as flogging
Cunnilingus - is the act of a male performing oral sex on his partner
Diabetes - a disorder in which the blood sugar is unregulated, or insulin is deficient
Denomination - an identifiable religious body under a common name
Discipline - the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience
Dreadlocks - a Rastafarian hairstyle in which the hair is washed but not combed but twisted while wet into tight braids
Edema - an abnormal accumulation of fluid beneath the skin or in one or more cavities of the body that produces swelling
Elucidate - to make (something) clear; or to explain
Environment - the surroundings or conditions in which a person lives or operates
Epidemic - a sudden, widespread occurrence of an undesirable phenomenon
Fellatio - the female act of performing oral sex by inserting the penis of her partner into the mouth, either playfully or until male ejaculation occurs
Fetus - an unborn human more than eight weeks after conception.
Fertilization - the action or process of fertilizing an egg
Gestate - to carry a fetus in the womb from conception to birth
Heterosexual - sexual attraction to people of the opposite sex
Heterosexuality - When a male and female have penile-vaginal intercourse
Hypertension - abnormally high blood pressure
Immune system - the organs and processes of the body that provide resistance to infection and toxins.
Intelligence Quotient IQ a number representing a person’s reasoning ability
In Vitro Fertilization - a procedure in which eggs (ova) from a woman’s ovary are removed and fertilized with sperm in a laboratory procedure
Lactose intolerant - the inability to digest lactose, a sugar found in milk
Marginalize - to treat a person as insignificant
Mentor - an experienced and trusted adviser
Midwife - a nurse (typically a woman) who is trained to assist women in childbirth
Miscarriage - the spontaneous or unplanned expulsion of a fetus from the womb before it is able to survive independently
Myopic - lacking foresight or intellectual insight
Obesity - the state of being grossly fat or overweight
Orgasm - the climax of sexual excitement, characterized by intensely pleasurable feelings centred in the genitals
Pandemic - a disease prevalent over a whole country or the world
Paradox - a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true
Peer Pressure - influence from members of one’s peer group
Pheromones - a secreted chemical that triggers a social response in other human beings
Phenomenon - a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen
Poverty - the state of being extremely poor
Procreation - to reproduce
Protocol - the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions
Puberty - the period during which adolescents reach sexual maturity and become capable of reproduction
Rastafarianism - a religious movement of Jamaican origin, holding that Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was the Messiah and that blacks are the chosen people who will eventually return to their African homeland
Ridicule - to subject someone or something to mockery or scorn
Rural district - a district not located in the city
Sedentary lifestyles - a type of lifestyle with little or irregular physical activity
Scholarship - a grant or payment made to support a student’s education
Social safety net - non-contributory transfer programs seeking to prevent the poor from falling below a certain level of poverty
Substance abuse - legal or illegal drug abuse
Therapeutic - having a good effect on the body or mind
Traumatic - deeply disturbing or distressing
Trimester - a period of three months, used as a division of the duration of pregnancy
UNICEF - United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Utopia - an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect
Vendetta - a prolonged bitter quarrel or campaign with or against someone
Vulnerable - the inability to withstand the effects of what can be considered a hostile environment
Weaning - to introduce an infant to food other than its mother’s milk, and to assist them in being accustomed to this practice