Infant

to 2013, with a marginal decline to 29% in 2014. It has been reported that neonatal deaths are high in poverty stricken regions and the northern region is among the poorest regions in Ghana, and contributing 59% neonatal death rate to the over 60% infant death rate occurring in the first month of life nationally in 2011(GSS, 2011). It is therefore hypothesized that the region will have relatively high neonatal death. Establishing the pattern, causes and outcomes of neonatal admissions in the…

her colleagues at the University of Washington have traced several developmental problems to prenatal exposure to alcohol. These studies have shown that mothers who drank more heavily, their babies had lower mental and motor development scores than infants of less heavy drinkers…

Biophysical When babies are born the weight a little more than 7 pounds ( Ashford & Lecroy, 2010, p.246). Raziel was born completely healthy, with no problems, weighing about eight pounds. Raziel had no problems during birth according to his mother. By my observations, Raziel has been developing well, for his age. His brain development and physical growth show that Raziel is heading on the right path, his mother said that she is blessed that he came out healthy because she was sometimes nervous…

support a healthier pregnancy. One of the service we provide patients enrolled in Strong Start is a safe sleep training. I am responsible for presenting information about “Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Syndrome” as well as safe sleeping practices for new born babies. I try to emphasize that the best way for an infant to sleep is alone, on his or her back, and in his or her own crib. At the conclusion of the presentation, I give the prenatal participants a Pack N Play which ensures that the…

Swift’s essay “Swift” writes a very nice and detailed “proposal” of an issue that he finds evident in their community. The issue that Swift speaks of being of a social one that affected many of the commonwealths throughout their community. What Swift brings into the discussion is the, both social and economic, issue of the children of the poorer individuals being a burden to society in general as a whole. This includes the country, the public, and even their parents as well. The cause of this is…

discharge nurses make sure you have a car seat for the infant, but because of liability issues they are not required to make sure the newborn is strapped in correctly or the car seat physically installed efficiently. Good Morning America featured a news segment about car seat safety and how it is hard for parents to install car seats correctly. Amy from ABC News stated that 70% of car seats were installed incorrectly and it could have lead to an infant death if there was an accident (Kerley,…

Early intervention programs are provided all over the United States to premature infants to age three, but sometimes it can even go beyond if approved during certain situations. Early intervention programs vary from state to state with rules and regulations, but overall it helps children that are born with disabilities or developmental delays during the time they should be developing the skills that a normal developing child would have developed. These children can be either be environmentally…

Christian society, a common and accepted practice for infants or young babies is to perform a dedication of the child back to God. This practice is performed by multiple religious groups and it is a symbolic service where the parents recognize that God gave them the child and they in return are giving him/her back to God in an act of submission and recognition. This rite of passage for the child ensures that the parents have began the infants Christian journey with the blessing of the…

Denver II Developmental Screening According to (Vander Zanden), an infancy period goes from birth through 24 month of age (Vander Zanden, 1993). During this period, especially between births to 6 moth, infants experience a rapid rate of growth (Vander Zanden, 1993). Child development involves different areas, such as physical, cognitive, emotional and social development (Ball, Bindler, & Cowen, 2012, p. 90). Babies show physical development by increasing skill at utilizing various body parts…

Cradle cap is a term used to describe a form of seborrheic dermatitis that affects infants in the first three months of life. It is a self-limited inflammation of the skin of the scalp, presenting as yellow crusted lesions. The condition usually subsides within the first year. The cause is thought to be a reaction to some substance in the sebum or fatty material that is released by the sebaceous glands of the scalp skin. This is possibly caused by an excess of sebum-producing hormones in the…