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    All of the readings about Our Babies, Ourselves deal with the nature of human infant, physical health practices, social and emotional health practices. Even though I’ve been interested in the nature of human infant, this is the first time that I 've had an opportunity to read Our Babies, Ourselves. The Robert, Edward, Ronald, Katherine, James, Sara and Charles articles was particularly interesting because it combined the nature of human infant with physical, social and emotional health…

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    To have great academic achievement, many resources are required. Students at the very least need to be well fed (financial capability of family), and feel safe and welcomed in school. Also, with teachers’ lower expectations from them, they can acquire learned helplessness, which insinuates that they will not succeed regardless of how much effort they put in. People with poor education background have an increased chance of suffering from psychological issues in the future. Lower…

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    Are you a parent of a tiny, helpless, adorable baby? Do you worry that your baby will all of a sudden just quit breathing while he/she is sleeping? Well you should. Many people think that because their child is a certain race or ethnicity that they are safe from Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID). This is not the case, every child has a chance of dying from SUID, but it is true that some races have a higher possibility. This issue is one that every parent needs to be aware of and take the…

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    / 5p- 1200w The most frequent cause of sudden cardiac death is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), mainly in young people. It is characterized by thickening in the left ventricle (LV) wall not related to load condition such as aortic stenosis or systemic hypertension (Bing, Knott et al. 2000). It is estimated that approximately one in 500-1000 population. HCM is a complex genetic inherited cardiovascular disease caused by dominate mutation in coding of cardiac sarcomere proteins gene (Maron,…

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    would lead to the death of the injured person on the spot. This disease, known as sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) • What is the sudden cardiac arrest? Cardiac arrest happens when the muscle of the heart suddenly stops beating due to its malfunctioning. The heart has an internal electrical conducting system that controls the rhythm of the heartbeat; Problems in this system can cause abnormal heart rhythms called arrhythmias. That makes the heart stop beating.…

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    Kenisha Case Study

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    relationship. And that goes on for her deceased son Shaunel she often visited him in the hospital, she felt guilty about him being in a foster home instead of her care. And if he wasn’t put in that foster home he would have been alive; her remorse over his death makes her question her parenting skills. Family members was a big part of Kenisha’s situation; her two daughters Olisa and Dacey was sent to be with an aunt, Kentanya lived with her grandmother. None of Kenisha’s kids had a relationship…

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    Introduction The most common cause of death in infants up to a year old is sudden infant death syndrome (Meadows-Oliver & Hendrie, 2013). Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the unexpected death of an infant from one month to twelve months of age that cannot be explained even after a thorough investigation (Schnitzer, Covington & Dykstra, 2012). Although the death cannot always be explained, most SIDS cases are believed to be a result of accidental suffocation. Common causes include…

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    Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) refers to the unforeseen and sudden death of a infant who is less than year with the autopsy, review of clinical history and death scene investigation failing to indicate any reasonable cause of death. Toddlers are often at the highest risk of SIDS when sleeping, and SIDS is sometimes known as cot or crib death (Hunt, 2007). The underlying cause of SIDS is a mystery although research has identified a number of characteristics and trends linked to the syndrome.…

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    Sleep At Home Support of Teaching Topics Healthy People 2020 identify the objective as reducing the rate of all infants’ deaths within one year. Currently the United States is at 6.7 infant deaths per 1,000 live births and the target for 2020 is to decrease the number to 6.0 infants (Healthy People 2020, 2016). Sudden Infant Death syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of death for infants until the age of one year (Bajanowski et al, n.d.). SIDS is associated with three key factors that…

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    Does seeing a woman publicly breastfeed her baby bother you? Breastfeeding is a way to provide healthy nourishment to a mother’s child. The milk from a mother’s breast gives her baby antibodies that help the baby not get ill, helps prevent ear infections, and helps the baby grow and develop. Not only does it help the baby it also helps the mother. By breastfeeding the mother is saving money by not buying formula and it helps the mother return to her weight before pregnancy. So why does…

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