Maternal health

examine how the theory has changed and progressed since John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth first “attempts to examine the psychological effects of early relationships” ( Goldberg,2000, pg3) to more contemporary approach such as Michael Rutter’s book on “Maternal Deprivation reassessed” critiquing Bowlby and the development in neuroscience. Attachment theory can be defined as a “lasting psychological connectedness between human beings” (Bowlby 1969, p. 194). John Bowlby, “a British psychoanalyst’…

the revolving focus in women 's health discourse. The events of pregnancy and motherhood are generally important milestones that may occur in the lives of women. According to the World Health Organization (2014), each day there are approximately 800 maternal deaths across the globe due to childbirth complications, and 99% of which are preventable deaths that occur in developing countries. The reason for this is that mothers face more difficulty in accessing health resources in developing…

states that 76% of mother’s initiate breastfeeding at birth but only 25% of them are seen still breastfeeding once the infant is six months of age. This observation is almost identical to that found in the US in 2010 shown in “Toward Optimal Health: The Maternal Benefits of Breastfeeding” where the authors show that 75% of women initiate breastfeeding at birth and only 35% of mothers are seen still breastfeeding once the infant reaches 6 months of age. The reasoning behind the significant drop…

In the following report, the variable Maternal Mortality, and the variable Number of Physicians will be examined. The hypothesis going into this examination is that the two variables will have a strong relationship. The aim of this bivariate investigation is to determine whether or not this theory is correct. At first examination, it was decided that the two variables would be related, as the likelihood of maternal death during childbirth is increasingly unlikely when the number of doctors…

Martin and “Now There’s Proof: Docs Who Get Company Cash Tend to Prescribe More Brand-Name Meds” by Charles Orstein et. al share a unique connection beyond their health-care-related focus, they both discuss outcomes regarding treatment after significant changes in payment. In the former article, the issue seems to be pay cuts as maternal mortality in Texas skyrockets after cuts to Planned Parenthood, however, the author offers another biologic explanation “…cardiac problems. The second leading…

special nurse worked with the mothers of the experimental group to stimulate and encourage breastfeeding. Enthusiastic support and involvement of health team in promotion and practice of early initiation of breast feeding is considered essential to achieve prime health, progress and development of new born baby as well as mother and to improve “maternal infant bonding”. Factors that imitate the purpose, beginning plus length of breast feeding are complex and consequently to address these…

Factors Contributing to Postpartum Depression Amy Sharp Tarleton State University Factors Contributing to Postpartum Depression Postpartum depression (PPD) is an often unrecognized and undertreated public health problem, affecting approximately 10-15% of women within the first year of childbirth (Thurgood, Avery, & Williamson, 2009; Pearlstein, Howard, Salisbury, & Zlotnick, 2009). Banker & LaCoursiere (2014) suggest that 40-50% of all PPD cases are unrecognized. Although most cases of…

recorded births and deaths can explain a great deal in the area of population dynamics. A particularly descriptive category of mortality is those in maternal/infant populations, life expectancy and a number of specific causes of death. These factors are very revealing in regards to infrastructure,…

and after birth ideas to create less stress with new parents and babies here in the US. The First policy seen in Finland that should be adopted by the US is the amount of leave the women gets for having the baby. Finland offer both maternal and paternal leave. Jennifer Chait (writer of an article titled Finland’s Family Benefits Prove Why it’s Ranked the Number One Place to be a Parent…

1.) Atherton, Olivia E., Thomas J. Schofield, Angela Sitka, Rand D. Conger, and Richard W. Robins. 2016. “Unsupervised Self-Care Predicts Conduct Problems: The Moderating Roles of Hostile Aggression and Gender.” Journal of Adolescence 48:1–10. The article, Unsupervised Self-Care Predicts Conduct Problems: The Moderating Roles of Hostile Aggression and Gender presents a longitudal study done on 674 Mexican children ages 10 to 12 over a period of two years. The main questions addressed in the…