The good news is that low birth weight is preventable. The bad news is that there is no simple solution to positively impact the myriad of interactive factors which result in a low birth weight baby. What differences exist between white Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans and immigrants that would affect the health of expecting mother and their children? According to the March of Dimes, four factors that tend to result in low birth weight include low income, lack of education, African American race, and being younger than 17 or older than 35 (March of Dimes, 2014). Imagine being fifteen, pregnant, dysfunctional or no family or male support, you smoke and/ or drink as a means of coping, low income, high school dropout, and probable history of abuse.
Earlier in Europe, mothers had avoided strong emotional ties to newborn children because of the constant risk of infant death. As the emergence of the family as an important institution grew, so did a growing emotional attachment to children. Women started to begin breastfeeding their own offspring rather than hiring a wet nurse to do so for them. Love and affection was also focused on older children and adolescents, as they too were involved in the strong bonds of emotional attachment to their mothers. Families often had less numbers of children as a cause of the reduced rate of the rates of mortality of infants, and also often strove to provide their children with opportunities in the world that they themselves never had, which is a concept that modern families have too.
201 2.1 Jean Taylor Describe the kinds of influences that can affect a child’s or young person’s development with regard to: (C) Environment [pic] [pic] [pic] ----------------------- Environment in young children babies who are born into poverty can be smaller then other children of same age and have more heath issues. Wealthy environment can be bad to for babies as parents can afford to employ some one to look after them and they will not always show them love Mentally or violent environments can cause children to have behavioural problems as they don't know how to cope or change what is happing. Violent' actions can lead to more violent actions. Environment middle age children 6 to 13 Children of this age can have self esteem issues as having no money can mean they can not do things their peers do and lack of food can affect contraction Children of this age can have all they want brought for them but if they are just left on their own without parents input they are missing out on life's important things parents can share with them Negative environment can harm as it causes a feeling of negativity instead of joy which can lead to emotional distress. Environment 14 up wards At this age if a child has not been able to move away from poverty area then their life will be fighting to improve it on little money and a lot of hope At this age the lack of parents input can course problems, emotionally and they don't always understand how money works as they have always been given it.
The difference being that they did not have a child to want to smother as many women who end up with postpartum depression do. During my research, I learned that for women who decide that they are not going to keep their child sometime during their pregnancy, open adoptions are better for all of the people involved. It allows closure to the birth mom so that they are not constantly wondering what is going on with the child they birthed. It is also healthy for the adoptive family because it helps them not worry about what happened to the birth mother as well as a way for them to get information on any family genetics that may have them worried. I also discovered that surrogate mothers –women who choose to give birth to a child for another couple– normally do not have any negative emotions after giving birth.
According to Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO), patients deserve treatment and care with respect to their personal dignity, culture and spiritual values (needs citing). The importance of these values in the patients’ lives cannot be over-emphasized. They have a great influence in the perception of patient’s needs as regard to health care. Therefore, it is necessary for health care professionals to perform self-assessment in order to be ready for these challenges. Considering all these, this paper will compare and contrast three different belief systems with Christian religion in reference to spiritual perspective of healing, and the critical
Child neglect is the deprivation of the basic needs of food, clothing, education, and nurturing. Child neglect is broken down into four subcategories these are physical neglect, educational neglect, emotional neglect, and medical neglect (Prevent Child Abuse America 2005). Child neglect is the most common form of child abuse and happens to be the most difficult to identify. According to Child Welfare Information Gateway (2008), research has shown that parents and caregivers that receive proper support from family, friends, and community member are more likely to provide safer environment for their children. More often parents who do not have the support tend to lose control easier and start making poor choices that lead to neglect.
Moreover, the negative effects of hours spent in non-maternal care remain throughout childhood and adolescence. Maternal sensitivity is the strongest and most consistent predictor of children’s social–behavioral adjustment throughout development. When a low level of maternal sensitivity is coupled with more time spent in day care and/or a lower quality of day care, children tend to experience insecurity in their attachment to their mothers. A secure mother–child attachment is associated with positive peer interactions, social behaviors, emotions, and exploratory behaviors. Children are most
With such spiritual views, the mother’s life is in grave danger. Should the mother recuperate from the ectopic pregnancy, it will be essential for the couple to disown the opinions of those who offer medical practice. Instead they should see that the same entity who asked that we do not take life, gave us the ability to apply medical knowledge and save people from what could otherwise be certain death. They should recognize that two lives are at risk, and that it is wise to save one and lose one compared to losing both. In this case, the fetus does not have a chance to live outside of the mother, but the mother will be able to try again, if she allows the Doctor to save
English 101 11/26/12 Pro-Choice The pro-choice versus pro-life debate is something that has been feverously debated for years. This issue deals with whether or not a woman has the right to terminate her pregnancy. Being pro-choice does not mean you support “killing babies”, it means you support the fact that a woman can choose to do what she wants with her body. The right to choice is important, and that should not be taken away from anyone. To be blunt, if a woman is not capable or does not want to carry and raise a child, then she should not be forced to by any governmental doctrines.
The overall health of a nation is often judged by the health of their infants, children, and women of childbearing age. Consequently, our life expectancy rates are highly dependent on our infant mortality rates. The racial disparities amongst infant mortality rates and the mortality rate amongst women who died of pregnancy-related complications have been used as an indicator of social inequalities. There are numerous factors that affect the health of infants and pregnant women, however many of these factors reflect or are related to the health status of the mother, her immediate environment, and access to adequate health care. In 2006, the mortality rate amongst black women who died of pregnancy-related complications (34.8 per 100,000 births) was about four times the rate of white women