the target for the attainment of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5‚ which seeks to reduce the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by three fourths‚ compared to the 1990 level. Qualified antenatal care‚ skilled birth attendance‚ access to emergency obstetric care and neonatal resuscitation skills are vital components to substantially reduce maternal‚ perinatal and neonatal mortality in developing countries. The level of skilled birth attendance varies markedly among and within regions and countries‚
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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY This essay aims to use the principles of epidemiology to describe the problem of adolescent pregnancy and demonstrate its significance and impact as a public health problem. In the same wise applying epidemiological principles the determinants of teenage pregnancy are identified and an attempt is made to conceptualise the interplay between the socioeconomic environments and the biological factors in giving rise to the problem and influencing the life course
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UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES DILIMAN SCHOOL OF STATISTICS Determining the Institutional Factors Affecting the Rate of Deaths Caused by Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period through a Panel Data Analysis Manzano‚ Cielo Junelle Mendoza‚ Cris Ian Reyes‚ Danica Maryl cielomanzano@gmail.com | crisianmendoza@yahoo.com | reyesdanicamaryl@gmail.com This scientific paper aims to model the rate of deaths caused by conditions originating in the perinatal period per province in the Philippines
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Midwifery Care Study of a Mother with a Normal Pregnancy at Ruiru Sub-District Hospital October‚ 2012 1. Care Study of a Mother with a Normal Pregnancy at Ruiru Sub-District Hospital This work describes the care study of an expectant mother (Irene Magiri Karuthui) comprising of the care processes carried out for the client throughout her antenatal visits‚ the delivery process and the postnatal period. The new approach to Antenatal Care (ANC) emphasizes the quality of care rather than
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diseased Mortality Quality or state of being subject to death Classifications of high-risk factors of pregnancy Biophysical‚ Psychosocial‚ Sociodemographic‚ Environmental Biophysical Genetic considerations‚ nutritional status‚ medical and obstetric d/o Psychosocial Smoking‚ caffeine‚ alcohol‚ drugs‚ psychological status Sociodemographic Low income‚ Lack of prenatal care‚ Age‚ Parity‚ Marital status‚ Residence‚ Ethnicity Environmental Infections‚ radiation‚ chemicals such as pesticides
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Order of birth (early termination is highest in first pregnancies and in those beyond 4th pregnancies) 10. Closed spaced pregnancies 11. Abnormalities of mother’s reproductive system‚ such as intrauterine septum 12. Infections (especially UTI) 13. Obstetric complications (PROM‚ premature separation of placenta 14. Early induction of labor 15. Elective cesarean birth ASSESSMENT A. History – detailed pregnancy history will reveal reason for the preterm birth; be careful not to convey disapproval of reported
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Study Guide #1 Maternity Chp 1-5‚ 14 (Dynamics‚ A&P‚ Pregnancy) 100 pts Wade/Fall 2011 NAME______________________________ 1) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of freestanding birth centers. The advantages are that they offer a homelike atmosphere. They have conveniences such as a kitchen for family members. The disadvantages are that many freestanding birthing centers do not have adequate technology and medical care readily available if complications to the mother or fetus arise. 2)
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Notes for ASHA Trainers Part 1 (Includes Content for Rounds 1 and 2 of ASHA training) Notes for ASHA Trainers (Includes Content for Rounds 1 and 2 of ASHA training) Part 1 ii Notes for ASHA T rainers Acknowledgements The sections on maternal and newborn health in the Notes for the T rainer are excerpted from SEARCH‚ Gadchiroli’s Manual on ‘How to T rain ASHA in Home-Based Newborn Care’. The training methodology for Integrated Management of Neonatal Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI)
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Choriocarcinoma: Not a Death Sentence Renee Oliver-Evers COM/156 March 25‚ 2012 Raymond Gentry Choriocarcinoma: Not a Death Sentence Choriocarcinoma‚ or also known as Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (GTD)‚ is a very rare and malignant type of tumor. According to Spickler and Oberleitner (2011)‚ Choriocarcinoma develops from genetically deformed germ cells which usually produce sperm or eggs (pp.1012-1014)
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Amniocentesis The above picture illustrates amniocentesis‚ a procedure to test for birth abnormalities including spina bifida*‚ anencephaly*‚ and Rh disease*. With the assistance of an ultrasound (imaging of abdomen using high frequency sound waves)‚ a fine needle is guided through the mother’s abdomen/uterine wall to then extract the amniotic fluid from the uterus (womb). Afterwards‚ the extracted material is sent to the laboratory for cytological analysis which will determine if the fetus is
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