Community Health and Population Focused Nursing C228 SZT Task 2 August 1, 2014 Measles p. 2 Measles, also known as Rubeola is a highly contagious acute viral illness. It is caused by a virus in the paramyxovirus family. In 1953, 549,000 measles cases were reported in the United Stated, along with 495 measles deaths, annually. Although 549,000 cases were reported, it is estimated that 3-4 million people or most every American was infected with this virus during their lifetime. After the implementation and licensure of the live measles vaccine in 1963 the number of cases significantly dropped by 1988 in the U.S...
32,500 children have been neglected in 2010, and in Ingham County 42 percent of children have been abused or neglected (milhs.org). In Ingham County, 8.5 children of every 1000 are in out of home care, referring to foster homes, etc (milhs.org). Unemployment rates and low income is affecting the youth and children in terrible ways. WLNS.COM reported in an article titled “More Michigan Children living in Poverty” that there are a lot of reasons why neglect and abuse has gone up 92%. Now there are more health professionals available to investigate issues of neglect and abuse and family court in Ingham County has become a strong source of help for
There is a 25% risk of giving birth to an affected child with each pregnancy. The prognosis of a newborn infant that is born with Tay-Sachs disease is poor. Due to the complications of the disease, the average age death will occur is between 4 to 5 years old. The first symptoms usually appear between 3-6 months of age. The most common symptom that appears is a “cherry red” macula in the retina.
Most cases are from international exposure during traveling. In 1989-91 there were 55,622 cases of measles in the US. There were 123 deaths. Measles was more prevalent in Hispanic and Blacks. Cause of the outbreak was a decreased vaccination rate.
A cross sectional study was conducted at the Outpatient Department of Ziauddin Medical University, Kemari Campus, from June 2008 to December 2008 to obtain information about the cause of early termination in breast feeding. Mothers of children age range birth to two years attending the outpatient department of pediatrics participated in the study by filling out a
1.8 to 7.6 cases per 100,000 persons per year in parts of the continental United States are diagnosed with Lupus. An analysis of 2004 data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample estimated 13,000 hospitalizations with a principal diagnosis of SLE and 141,000 hospitalizations with principal or secondary diagnosis of lupus. approximately 1.5 million Americans and more than five million people worldwide are living with a form of lupus. Existing estimates range widely Although lupus primarily affects women in their early working and childbearing years, men, children, and teenagers can develop the disease as well. Women of color are two-to-three times more likely to develop lupus.
Secondhand smoke is especially harmful to young children. Secondhand smoke is responsible for between 150,000 and 300,000 lower respiratory tract infections in infants and children under 18 months of age, resulting in between 7,500 and 15,000 hospitalizations each year, and causes 430 sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) deaths in the United States annually. (California Environmental Protection Agency, 2005) The Smokeless…Campaign will focus primarily on decreasing exposure of second hand smoke to tribal members especially children. The information collected from surveys has identified the need for decreasing second hand smoke exposure. The number of children and adults seeking medical attention for health conditions related to exposure to second hand smoke is rising.
Using SwabCap® to Reduce the Number of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSIs) Dawn E Bennett Joliet Junior College Nursing 260 Using SwabCap® to Reduce the Number of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSIs) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), every year health care associated infections (HAIs) affect 5% of hospitalized patients in the United States. CLABSIs are a deadly HAI, with a mortality rate of 12%-25%. In 2009, the number of CLABSIs in an Intensive care unit (ICU) setting was estimated at 18,000, and for patients in an inpatient ward was an estimated 23,000. Patients receiving hemodialysis as an outpatient in 2008 had an higher rate of CLABSIs, with an estimated
DECKER CLINICAL DATA BASE/PEDIATRICS( Student: Joshua Chilson Clinical date: 5/1/13 Patient age range: 1- 2 years old Admitting diagnoses :( include short pathophysiology) Dx: Elevated lead levels. Lead is a highly toxic metal that was used for many years in products found in and around our homes. An elevated blood lead level in a child is defined as 10 or more micrograms of lead in a deciliter (μg/dL) of blood. Children are more vulnerable to lead than adults. While all children are at risk from lead, children living in older housing and in poverty are at the greatest risk.
Mandell et al. (2006) examined the disparities in the diagnosis of children with autism using insurance claims of 406 Medicaid-eligible children, including 242 African-American, 118 Caucasian, 33 Latino, and 13 children falling into other categories. They found that African-American children were three times more likely than Caucasian children to receive another diagnosis first and were 2.6 times less likely than Caucasian children to receive an autism diagnosis on their first specialty care visit (Mandell et al., 2006). Once African-American children entered treatment, they required three times the number of visits over a period three times as long as Caucasian children before receiving an autistic disorder diagnosis (Mandell et al., 2006). African-American children were also 5.1 times more likely than Caucasian children to receive a diagnosis of Adjustment Disorder than of ADHD, and 2.4 times more likely to receive a diagnosis of