INTRODUCTION Rationale In the early 1960s‚ scientist Robert Guthrie‚ PhD‚ developed a blood test that could determine whether newborns had the metabolic disorder phenylketonuria (PKU). People with PKU lack an enzyme needed to process the amino acid phenylalanine‚ which is necessary for normal growth in kids and for normal protein use throughout life. However‚ if too much phenylalanine builds up‚ it damages the brain tissue and can eventually cause substantial developmental delay. If
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Newborn screening has improved lives for thousands of children across America. Newborn screening is a series of tests conducted from a blood sample taken from a newborn within the first few days of life. In New York State‚ newborns are screened for up to fifty different metabolic‚ endocrine‚ and hematologic disorders. This screening process aims to provide early diagnosis and referral for treatment for several genetic diseases. Some of these disorders may be life threatening and severely debilitating
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Manuscripts > * PMC2947955 * Performing your original search‚ compliance of mothers on newborn screening‚ in PMC will retrieve 926 records. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 October 1. Published in final edited form as: J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2009 Oct–Dec; 23(4): 326–334. doi: 10.1097/JPN.0b013e3181a1bc1f PMCID: PMC2947955 NIHMSID: NIHMS182350 Newborn Screening: An Appeal for Improved Parent Education Audrey Tluczek‚ Ph.D.‚1‚2 Kate Murphy Orland
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21 Summer 2005 Newborn Screening in the 21st Century From the Editors and Authors: Since our last Update on Newborn Screening in 1998‚ there has been significant expansion of newborn screening programs in various regions of the country‚ mostly to include metabolic disorders identifiable by tandem mass spectrometry. States in our region are just now starting to expand their programs. The Summer 2005 Genetic Drift provides an update on newborn dried blood spot screening (NBS). Specifically‚
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KNOWLEDGE‚ ADHERENCE ON NEWBORN SCREENING AMONG POSTPARTUM MOTHERS IN MHARS-RTTH A Research Paper Presented to the Faculty of the College of Nursing Misamis University Ozamiz City In Partial Fulfillment of College of Nursing By Lao‚ Ladyvie Jamila S. Palangan‚ J-an L. March 2012 APPROVAL SHEET This research paper entitled ‘’ KNOWLEDGE‚ ADHERENCE ON NEWBORN SCREENING AMONG POSTPARTUM MOTHERS IN MHARS-RTTH‚’’ prepared
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RESEARCH TITLE: “Level of Awareness of Post-partum Mothers on Newborn Screening in Different Hospitals in Roxas City” CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION I.A. Background and Rationale of the Study 1) Mothers always wanted the best for their babies. In any way they will do everything for their children’s protection. Most of the post-partum mothers are not aware what newborn screening is for. They thought that it is just a part of routine hospital admission. They are not even
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Hispanics‚ 23.2% are below the poverty line compared to 11.6% of the White population. The poverty rate across all races is 14.3%‚ still significantly lower than the Hispanic population (Macartney‚ S. 2013). Along with high poverty rates comes low educational attainment. Low levels of formal schooling earned have contributed to the overrepresentation of the Latino population in low-skill occupations that pay less‚ and have higher unemployment rates than other groups keeping them below the poverty line (Nora
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There are significant differences between the genders in terms of the educational success of girls and of boys. In the 1960s‚ boys achieved results that were on average 5% better than girls. Until the mid 1980s‚ boys out-performed girls at all levels of the education system‚ with the exception of 11+. Most educational writers read this as being ’proof ’ that girls were generally less intelligent than boys and that boys were ’late developers ’. There was little serious challenge to this
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INFORMATION ABOUT NEWBORN SCREENING II. Competencies To enhance the awareness and knowledge about Newborn screening To be familiar with the possible genetic metabolic disorders present at birth III. Objectives At the end of every learning session‚ the students would be able to: Know the importance of Newborn screening Recite the goal of Newborn Screening Know the law that mandates Newborn screening here in the Philippines Identify common disorders detected through Newborn screening
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Abstract Emerging from Bourdieu’s cultural capital theory‚ many sociologists found a relation between cultural capital and Habitus‚ the effect they have on children’s educational attainment‚ and how it’s brought about from class differences in societies. Although Bourdieu focuses mainly on the importance of class and class cultures in impeding children’s negotiation of process of schooling (Lareau 1987)‚ his findings portray how cultural resources can be used to perpetuate their position of privilege
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