After reviewing literature, three main issues concerning Cambodian women emerged. The three issues that will be covered are Reproductive Health, Breast Cancer, and Mental Health. This may be the one time in a Cambodian woman's life when she access' the Westren health care system.
Cambodian women have a very low rate of receiving prenatal care.
Due to this fact, there needs to be more education for this population concerning prenatal care. Prenatal visits are generally avoided because of the physical examination. Women may also use some traditional health practices that are in direct conflict with Westren medicine. It is also a tradition that a woman does not breastfeed her baby. It is tradition is Cambodia, that for the month following a birth, the mother will lay on a cot, over a smoldering fire.