Maternal health

Introduction and Background John Bowlby was a psychologist and psychiatrics who was an innovator, and a forerunner and a head of his time. He made major contribution in the area child psychology. His contemporary’s say that he shaped the way child psychology in comprehended the twentieth century. His concentration of study focused on parent and child connection what it entailed, and what happened when that connection was nonexistent or for whatever reason could occur. The name of…

There have been numerous attempts to define resilience. Some of the definitions of resilience highlight it as a process. Cicchetti (1995) defines it as a dynamic developmental process reflecting evidence of positive adaptation despite significant life adversity. The aspect of dynamic developmental process encompasses the attainment of positive adaptation within the context of significant adversity (Luthar, Cicchetti, & Becker, 2000; Masten 2001). Emmy Werner was one of the first pioneers in the…

Once pups are weaned from their mother’s the frequency of mother-pup vocalizations drastically decreases. The decrease in calling, especially in the pup, is visible as the pup matures. Pups begin to call within minutes of birth, and spend more time calling during their first day of life than ever. Using time-budget analysis, the calling activity of fur seal pups was examined at the ages of 1, 3, 5, 9-12, and 30 days old, the number of calls were negatively correlated with age. This data can be…

In the hospital setting a newborn and their parent(s) is given identification bracelets and security sensors. The neonatal period is the first month of life (Potter & Perry, 2009). It is important to encourage bonding. Breast-feeding is the start of direct body contact between mother and baby. Hand washing is crucial when caring for a newborn to prevent the transmission of infection and germs. Newborns immune system is susceptible to infection due to it being weak. The umbilical cord should be…

sought to improve women’s health. Despite racial discrimination and poverty struggles, the efforts made greatly improved women’s access to healthcare. Maternal and infant death rates began to improve along with doctors’ attitudes towards their female patients. During a time period plagued with an environment of extreme racial discrimination, African American women had to overcome many obstacles to gain access to quality health care. From 1900 to 1935, “infant and maternal mortality rates were…

In this week’s paper, I will be reflecting on the last several years living in Koraro, Ethiopia and my experience with death within this community or in the local health care facility that I worked in. I will describe in detail my first experience with death, such as the circumstance, and my feelings or emotions that were stimulated within me. I will explain how the community dealt with it. I will compare this situation to the ways it would have been dealt with had it happened in the United…

In order to withstand and overcome the constant trauma that forces women to take on regularly, they must create a healthy maternal relationship with a close companion, which can encourage them to abolish the traumatic abuse. Mariam and Laila are the surrogate of the mother-daughter dynamic to replace the unhealthy start they set about with their own parents. “One day that winter, Laila asked to braid Mariam’s hair....The moment was so natural, so effortless, that suddenly Mariam started telling…

(gastrointestinal tract, or GI tract). The test determines if the blood belongs to the mother (maternal blood) or the baby (fetal blood). It can help determine if your baby has a GI tract disease or if he or she swallowed blood during birth or breastfeeding. What is being tested? An apt test checks blood in a newborn's stool (feces), amniotic fluid, or vomit for markers that show whether the blood is maternal or fetal. Amniotic fluid is the fluid that surrounds your baby in the womb (uterus).…

members’ participation in preventive maternal and child health and nutrition services and it required regular health and nutrition training workshops that were provided to women (Adato, Roopnaraine, and Elisabeth Becker, 2011, 1922). In the case of El Salvador, the following externality is crucial in order to apply conditional cash programs in the country. It is centered around the prior knowledge, or lack thereof, that the population has in regarding health and nutrition. Due to their…

a nurse for the first time, for care in a hospital or clinic setting they have begun the Health Assessment interview. This interview is usually done as a conversation therefore it appears trivial to the client, however it’s a conversation with a purpose. The nurse is using interpersonal skillfulness to collect subjective and objective data. This data is then processed and will help the nurse and other health care professional provide adequate care for the client. The purpose of this paper is to…