Perinatal mortality

baby in a way of stillbirth and neonatal death different range of emotions can come and go. The emotions can include guilt, grief, anger, or disbelief. The parents tend to blame each other for the baby’s death. Perinatal losses can also lead to postpartum depression. After experiencing perinatal loss symptoms of depression or anxiety may be inability to cope, inability to sleep, and suicidal thoughts. The mother will go through significant hormonal and emotional challenges. For example, the…

Benzene and leukemia Melonie Brown Columbia Southern University Introduction Benzene is a hydrocarbon that is highly flammable. The hydrocarbon is used in many industrial processes. Statistics indicate that it is among the top 20 chemicals that are widely used in different industries across the world. The substance has wide application in oil and gas industry. As a matter of fact, it is used in making various types of lubricants. Benzene can be formed through natural processes such volcano…

Introduction The financing and organization of health care systems differ in different countries. This is for the reason that culture, politics, environment, health, and historical factors highly influence the development and the distribution of health services. Haiti is highly hampered by some of the worst health indicators in the world with the government and the health system facing several challenges, which has resulted in the lack of government capacity to address its numerous public…

The quality of life is best defined as the general well-being of individuals and societies. John A. Robertson argues that infants are persons, but believes we have no obligation to treat defective infants. Also, we have H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. who argues that infants are not persons, and believes there is a duty not to treat them if treatment prolongs a painful life. Altogether, Robertson and Engelhardt both have different views of the quality of life one possesses. John A. Robertson…

“1 in 4 women cannot read this sentence” (Source #6, 2011). Across the Middle East, there are thousands of females who are unable to access a proper education. The rates of illiteracy in countries such as Pakistan and Bangladesh soar. When girls are educated, they outstand expectations and revolutionize society. Women face many hardships regarding receiving an education. The government not focusing on academic issues, poverty, social traditions, dangerous transportation, safety hazards, and…

Cognitive Development Children who have their fathers in their life have a higher probability to live in a good neighborhood and home. In “The Effects of Father Involvement” by Sarah Allen and Kaly Daly, cognitive development is defined as “a field of study in neuroscience and psychology, focusing on a children’s development in terms of information processing, conceptual resources, perceptual skill, language learning, and other aspects of brain development and cognitive psychology compared to an…

in 2013 the number increased to 27, making our infant death rate higher than state and national averages. Buncombe County’s infant mortality rate is nearly double for African American babies than white babies. September is Infant Mortality Awareness Month and with that, we want the community to have a more complete picture of the factors associated with infant mortality and what we are doing to prevent infant deaths. If we are to be successful, certain conditions need to exist to help more…

where infant mortality rates are high, there is a socio-economic need for parents to have more children. Due to the natural mechanism of high mortality rates, parents are actually more inclined to produce more children, which contrasts Hardin’s argument that a natural mechanism would solve the population problem. In actuality, the welfare state may be used in helping to solve the population problem. Because families are likely to reproduce more in parts of the world with high infant mortality…

Twenty million women and ten million men will suffer from an eating disorder at some point in their life (NEDA, 2015). Eating disorders are among the most common diseases in young adults and adolescents. Eating disorders are characterized by abnormal eating patterns, unusual fatigue, and weight changes. There are many types of eating disorders. The most commonly known and practiced eating disorder is anorexia nervosa, often referred to as anorexia for short. It is the third most common chronic…

Most people do not plan on getting sick or getting injured, but when they do they have to find affordable ways to seek care. Around the world, one might find that healthcare is presented in various ways in different countries. For example, the health care in the United States and the health care in Canada. These two counties are not easily compared, they are different in the way healthcare is funded, the population it is being delivered to, health outcomes, and health care resources. Starting…