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The Kingdom of Morocco is about one-tenth larger than California and lies across the Strait of Gibraltar on the Mediterranean and looks out on the Atlantic from the northwest shoulder of Africa. The capital of Morocco is Rabat. ... The unemployment rate is 19% and the labor force consists of 11 million, dividing into 50% agriculture, 35% services, and 15% industry (Morocco 2000-2002). Only 14% of Morocco’s rural population is literate, as opposed to 50% in the cities. ... One interesting fact is that about 45,000 Jews live in Morocco and they enjoy religious freedom and full civil rights- a role in society unique among Arab countries (Kindersley 2002).
The King of Morocco is Muhammad VI. ... He was born and raised in Morocco and is now currently getting his masters degree from Radford University. ... He stated, which goes along with literature that I have read, that Morocco is changing and advancing in many ways. Morocco has all of the following today: electricity, industrialization, electronics, the media, computerization, high-speed transport and communications, and big cities. ... Times are changing in Morocco for women. ... The article Mothering in Morocco (1993), Crimmins states that while husbands are technically required to support their wives, the vast majority of Moroccan mothers work for wages, either alongside their husbands in the fields, weaving rugs or tending chickens at home, or, increasingly, laboring in factories or other workplaces in the city. ...
Biologic Variations
I was unable to find any genetic predispositions to disease but in the article Nursing in Morocco (1998), Brahim states that the most pressing health problems are hepatitis, coronary diseases, and tuberculosis. ... Exercise in Morocco is not stressed. ... Safety in morocco is a problem as Tarik puts it. ... There are no guns in Morocco. ... Also Morocco has fast food restaurants like McDonalds. ... The total fertility rate of Morocco is 4. ...
Childrearing in Morocco is everyone’s responsibility. ... When asking Tarik about general views of spirituality in Morocco, he said that many are religious and live for God and others are just living and are not religious. ... In Morocco, the insurance system covers only 15-20% of the population, while the government covers the rest. ... Morocco is trying to teach programs in schools on hygiene, safety, nutrition, and overall health to students so they can take this information and apply it to school, at home and the community and teach it to others (Khateeb 1996). ... The article Nursing in Morocco(1998), Brahim states that nursing remains under the wing of the medical profession. One of the problems with the nursing programs in Morocco is that the curriculum is reviewed by physician educators, emphasizing a medical focus to nursing education. ...
Summary
After reviewing the literature that I have found and interviewing Tarik there are some concerns related to health in Morocco that need to be improved on. ... Teenage smoking, alcohol, and drug use are on the rise in Morocco so a recommendation would be to educate teenagers in school or other programs of the effects of these substances and the importance not to use them.
Approximate Word count = 3186
Approximate Pages = 12.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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