Maternal health

WORLD NEEDS MORE MIDWIVES More than 58 countries lack enough qualified midwives to provide timely access to skilled healthcare for mothers and infants. Our solution is to train midwives who are equipped to work in resource-constrained regions where maternal and child mortality is high and the need for professional midwives is greatest. Midwife International partners with established clinics and professional midwives to provide leadership and midwifery training opportunities abroad. While each…

Effects of Gender Inequalities in Healthcare: Yemen vs. US Gender inequality is an aspect of the livelihoods of many people across the world. Inequality of gender affects the health of developed countries such as, the United States and undeveloped countries such as Yemen. The effects of gender inequality in health include disproportioned influence on economy, lack of access to education and healthcare. In the US women lack access to preventative reproductive healthcare such as prenatal…

child growth, but also the functional capabilities of children. Child growth is universal and a miracle of nature but is often taken for granted. It is also recognized internationally as a substantial indication for public health in monitoring nutritional status and health in populations. Any alteration in growth…

I was captivated as I continued to learn about the history of public health, infection chain, and epidemiology of communicable and non-communicable diseases. My range of knowledge was not only augmented by the five-year MBBS degree but it has also given me the valuable insight for applying the knowledge into practical aspects of public health studies. The enriching curriculum at DU encompassed a wide range of courses including community medicine, biostatistics…

1. Psychological Data a) Ms. K. feels that a person’s spirituality in addition to lifestyle determines their overall mental and physical health. She views herself as spiritually grounded which has helped her cope with her health challenges. She states, “without my strong spiritual foundation I don’t know where I would be”. I addition she incorporates “a healthy lifestyle”, by watching what she eats, exercising when she can and getting plenty of rest. With a history of aneurysms, myocardial…

o Detail how one of the nurses, as discussed in the text (or other source), has made a significant impact on public health Lillian Wald: Lillian Wald was known as the mother of public Health Nursing because of all the accomplishments that she has made in public health. She was the founder of the Henry Street Settlement and played a role in the formation of the Children's Bureau, National Child Labor Committee, and the National Woman Trade Union League. The Henry street settlement was…

there is a global health issue with maternal and child health care services. These experiences are shaped by the situation of being a refugee and living in a conflict zone and they outline the type of intervention they find most important and appealing.…

barriers to effective prevention and care at the health policy, health system, community, and individual level. National protocols and their ability to invest in health infrastructure affect…

Assessment Undoubtedly, the causality of infant mortality disparity seen among African American soon-to-be mothers is a major public health concern. It may not be one that can simply be measured by disparities in adulthood but shaped across an individual’s lifetime and potentially across generations as Freire (2000) eluded to in Pedagogy of the oppressed. In Orange County, FL whether the concerns streamed from Oppression or Residential Segregation or other additional factors, focusing on…

J Scanlon: Assessment 2, Question 1 (part A) The World Health Organisation (WHO) “declared a pandemic of a novel subtype A (H1N1) influenza virus, A (H1N1) pdm09, which originated in swine” (The Australian Immunisation Handbook 2013, p. 245). Based on the “Australian influenza report 2009-5th to the 11th of December (www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cda-ozflu-2009) there were 37,484 confirmed cases of pandemic (H1N1)md09 and 192 pandemic influenza associated deaths…