The World Health Organization (WHO) is the United Nations’ specialized agency for health‚ and was established on April 7‚ 1948. The WHO’s objective‚ is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. The WHO defines health in its Constitution as‚ a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. The World Health Organization uses several categories to establish standards that show how countries stand up to others
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strategies in delivering community based maternal and newborn health care in Kenya and Sierra Leon. According to Gilbert Wangalwa‚ child death has decreased globally from 12.5million in 1990 to 8.8 million in 2008‚ of this figure one third were neonatal death of which has been linked closely to the slow progress in reduction of maternal mortality; approximately 342‚900 maternal death each year. In Kenya and Sierra Leone just like other sub Saharan African countries the rate of child and maternal
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Should drug abuse by pregnant women be considered child abuse? What is drug abuse? Drug abuse is a pattern of use of a substance that is not considered dependant‚ mean using a drug that is not prescribed to you. Abuse of drugs or alcohol by parents and other caregivers can have negative effects on the health‚ safety‚ and well-being of children. People tend to try drugs once and then again and that’s how they become addicted. People that are strained out on drugs usually need a lot of help. The
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Infant Mortality: A Breastfeeding Proposal According to the World Health Organization (WHO)‚ 2013‚ approximately 73% of all deaths of children under five years old occurred during the first twelve months of life. This number was highest in Africa where the under one year old death rate approached 63 deaths per 1000 lives. On the other end of the spectrum was Europe who had a relatively low infant death rate of 10 per 1000. This large variation in the infant death rate has raised questions amongst
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Pain Control During Infant Circumcision Circumcision is a painful surgical procedure frequently performed on newborn baby boys and often without available pain relief measures being used. The procedure‚ especially without pain relief‚ can cause short-term effects such as choking‚ gagging‚ and vomiting. Long term effects of circumcision without pain relief are not well understood‚ however‚ an increased incidence of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and/or periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) has
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Intensive Care Nursery House Staff Manual Inborn Errors of Metabolism INTRODUCTION and PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Inborn Errors of Metabolism (IEM) comprise a group of disorders in which a single gene defect causes a clinically significant block in a metabolic pathway resulting either in accumulation of substrate behind the block or deficiency of the product. All IEMs are all genetically transmitted typically in an autosomal recessive or X-linked recessive fashion. The major categories are: Organic
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other member of the team‚ the family‚ and the patient. Nursing organizations provide nurses with a sense of direction‚ and guidance. Take for instance the Association of Women’s Health‚ Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
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wanted and would end up going back to my main reason for wanting to be a pediatrician or a pediatric nurse‚ I love working with kids. As I transitioned from introduction to health to medical terminology‚ I found one career that I never knew existed‚ a neonatal nurse. As soon as i realized that you can work‚ let alone get payed to work with babies‚ there would be no questioning what I wanted
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Media 3. Risk for Allergy Response 4. Insufficient Breast Milk 5. Ineffective Childbearing Process 6. Risk for Ineffective Child Bearing Process 7. Risk for Dry Eye 8. Deficient Community Health 9. Ineffective Impulse Control 10. Risk for Neonatal Jaundice 11. Risk for Disturbed Personal Identity 12. Ineffective Relationship 13. Risk for Ienffective Relationship 14. Risk for Chronic Low Self-Esteem 15. Risk for Thermal Injury 16. Risk for Ineffective Peripheral Tissue Perfusion Domain
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Renee A. McIver Margaret Case Study OB--Summer Semester 2016 In Margaret’s Case Study (3) possible causes for her sudden change in medical status could have been due to spontaneous rupture of membranes (SROM)‚ anaphylactic reaction and acute hypotension. SROM is defined rupture of the fetal membranes on their own. This is often referred to by mother’s a “my water broke.” Anaphylactic reactions have a rapid onset and may cause death. Signs and symptoms include shortness of breath and hypotension which
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