Infant mortality

especially in the case of those who are of low income and minority populations. The overtreatment of women with normal pregnancies, undertreatment of those with high risk pregnancies, and medical errors are all contributors to higher infant and maternal mortality, lower birth weights among minorities, and ultimately worse health outcomes over the lifecourse. In order to begin to reverse these poor health outcomes, Porter advocates for a system that organizes providers into integrated practice…

When families go to SeaWorld they are surrounded by sea creatures; some of the main attractions include dolphin shows and sensational performances of the Killer Whales. Audiences view the shows and enjoy tricks that trainers and animals perform. However, they can be dangerous but can still have a playful personality with a lot of intelligence (Kirby, 3). Unfortunately, these large animals are in tanks that keep them restricted from returning to the ocean, thus placing themselves and their…

Malnourishment and Mortality: Daily, all around the world, hunger and malnutrition take more lives of humans than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. Starvation is a worldwide issue that has detrimental effects on people’s physical and social well being. The deprivation of food and nutrients can cause many negative effects on the human body especially for growing children. Negative effects can include being more vulnerable to diseases, a stunted physical and mental growth and higher child…

Overall, the death from lower respiratory infections is the leading mortality in developing countries with 91 deaths per 100,000 (World Health Organization, 2016). However, the age is not shown if these numbers pertain to individuals under forty or if the ages vary. Consequently, in developing countries the mortality rate is 4 out of every 10 children aged 15 or younger while the mortality rate is only 2 out of every 10 adults aged 70 or older (World Health Organization,…

decrease the state’s infant mortality rate. The program, which is based on Finland’s program for encouraging expecting mothers to receive prenatal care, is being used to raise awareness of safe sleeping practices and help prevent…

One implementation that has been made is to improve childbirth and health of women and children in the U.S is the reduction of infant mortality. This was implemented by expanding programs that prepare mother for childbirth where they are educated on what to expect during labor and delivery. Immunization was implement to improve the health of children. Also implemented is skilled care during pregnancy and childbirth. 2. How is low birth weight defined? Gestational age? Identify five risk…

Végh, 2014). It also advances the arguments of public health experts on the danger of austerity to health (Bezruchka, 2009, Borisch, 2014, Burgard et al., 2013) . In fact, the crucial evidence on the cause-effect relationship between austerity and mortality stipulated in the book has provoked renewal on the debates that austerity is not only harmful but it also costs significant human lives. After all, Stuckler and Basu share the same idea with others who argue that austerity is never the right…

Learners Theories, Principles and Health Education Models The purpose of this post is to discuss Learners Theories and how to apply it when addressing the high incidence of infant mortality rate in my community (Franklin County, Ohio) with mothers and expectant mothers. According to Nies &McEwen, 2015 page 124: Learners Theories help us understands how individual, families and groups learn. Nies & McEven postulate different theories that can be useful to the nurse in educating its patients.…

Maternal Mortality has been on a steady decline in developed countries such as the United States. However, in the under-developed areas maternal mortality rates have remained unusually high. The alarming issue is not a new and emerging topic, however with over half a million women dying each year due to pregnancy complications the issue has become one of great prominence (Hunt & Bueno de Mesquita, 2014). In order to improve the issues changes must be made at the economical, social, political,…

receiving proper care. According to CIA factbook Mexico ranks 108 for Maternal Mortality rates in the world, i.e. 50 women out of 100,000 die due to cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management, whereas, in USA (ranks 136) 21 out of 100,000 women die due to the same cause . Another statistic that shows the need for better health care in Mexico in the area surrounding women and children is the Infant Mortality Rate.…