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15 Cards in this Set
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what factors affect infant mortality rates?
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1. health if mother
2. public health practices 3. socioeconomic conditions 4. use of appropriate care for infant and pregnant women |
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what are the major causes of infant mortality
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1. low birth weight
2. premature birth 3. born too sick |
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what is attributed to the decline of infant mortality rates?
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1. intensive care for premature babies
2. establishment of regional neonatal intensive care units. 3. preventing low birth weights |
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what is the rate of black IMR to whites
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2.4 in nj
highest in the nation |
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what is the most common reason for delay in seeking medical treatment
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denial of the significance or threat of symptoms
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what is the IMR ranking of the U.S
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29th very high for a developed country
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blacks have what times the sudden infant death syndrome of whites?
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1.9 times that os whites
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what is the IMR for blacks for every 1,000 births
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13 infant deaths for every 1,000 births
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IMR accounts for the majority of deaths in children under 18
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true
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what is the decline in IMR linked to?
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1. advance in medical care
2. changes in the environment |
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post neonatal mortality in a.a has been most closely linked to
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environmental factors
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what is the leading cause of death among school aged children
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injury
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what are the measures taken in the management and prevention of infant health problems
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1. managing health-risk pregnancies
2. managing high risk newborns 3. preventing unwanted pregnancies among high-risk parents |
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what are the plans to reduce infant mortality rates?
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1. a network between health care experts and minority communities to encourage healthy behaviors by pregnant women and parents of infants
2. research the cause and find a way of identifying at risk children for SIDS 3. create high risk interventions for high risk infants |
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mortality rates for blacks in the U.S are increasing for
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adolescents
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