confirmed that you are pregnant‚ it is recommended to have prenatal care‚ this is regular medical care that allows you and your baby to be healthy before birth. If you are concerned about costs‚ you can seek out social service organizations or find clinics that offer prenatal care free/at lower costs. Prenatal care helps prevent problems that may occur to you as the mother and the baby during pregnancy. (Babies that do not receive prenatal care are 3 times more prone to low birth weights or do not
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Developmental Psychology Prelim 1 review Spring 2012 The exam will include material from lecture (including 2/20)‚ the textbook (chapters 1 – 4‚ plus the section on gross motor skills in chapter 5‚ p. 171 – 174)‚ video‚ and the supplemental readings. The questions will be a mix of multiple-choice‚ very-short answer (a few words or a sentence)‚ not-so-short answer (a few sentences)‚ and an essay question. The outline integrates material from the text‚ readings‚ videos‚ and lecture‚
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11/14/2012 Department of Social Welfare and Development Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Conditional Cash Transfer) “Keeping children in school‚ keeping them healthy” Preliminary Findings of the Impact Evaluation Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman 7 November 2012 Outline I. Brief background on Pantawid Pamilya II. Program Monitoring and Evaluation Design III. Preliminary results of the First Impact Evaluation IV. Future Plans 1 11/14/2012 Pantawid Pamilya is an
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How alcohol intake can impact your baby Drinking alcohol even in small amounts‚ may affect the baby’s health‚ confirm experts. When pregnant‚ mothers-to-be are not expected to drink and are discouraged to even sip a wine‚ which may have an impact on the baby. Alcohol just like other substance abuse‚ can cause harmful effects. But how do we determine this? How do we know that alcohol can and does have an impact on the child? Alcohol can pass on to the baby from the mother via the blood stream. It
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are important to note. Some maternal characteristics and external harmful agents can cause considerable risk for the developing embryo or fetus. Very young mothers‚ particularly those under 17‚ and mothers over 35 years of age have greater risk of prenatal and birth complications and death of the fetus or the new born (neonate). Inadequate diet and nutritional deficiency of the mother increases the risk of congenital defects‚ still birth and infant mortality during the first year. Prolonged and severe
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The process of prenatal development occurs in three main stages. The first two weeks after conception are known as the germinal stage; the third through the eighth week are known as the embryonic period; and the time from the ninth week until birth is known as the fetal period. The germinal stage begins with conception‚ when the sperm and egg cell unite in one of the two fallopian tubes. The fertilized egg‚ known as zygote then moves toward the uterus‚ a journey that can take up to a week to complete
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Prosecution of Pregnant Drug Abusers Drug abuse is an epidemic in our country. While substance abuse is commonly thought to be a plague of the poor‚ the fact is that it is widespread and has no demographic preference. It can affect anyone regardless of age‚ sex‚ race and economic status. A group of illicit drug abusers that may be largely overlooked are pregnant women. This group of people not only harms themselves‚ but also their unborn children. A woman must be held accountable for the health
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1-La dolce vita epitomizes all the cultural‚ social‚ and economical transformations of the so-called Economic Miracle (or Economic Boom). What are the elements in the movie that can be related with Ginsborg’s discussion on the Italian society during the Boom? In a different way‚ also Commedia all’italiana represents a commentary on Italian society of the late 50’s. Identify in Big Deal on Madonna Streets the elements that can be related to the new cultural and economic framework and discuss them
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Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction Caring behavior is an essential element of nursing. Nurses’ caring behavior is believed to enhance the patient’s health and well-being and to facilitate health promotion as well as patient’s ultimate curing. (Jean Weigand‚ 2006). Clinical instructors are expected to equipped students with knowledge and skills to become competent and prepare them in the future for their nursing profession. Caring education must be observe not only in the
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Prenatal Development PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT The Prenatal Development process is nothing short of a miracle. The way in which humans grown in the womb is a process that has awed doctors and scientists alike since the beginning of time. Even though through the years the decision process of whether to start a family and the way society looks at families with babies has changed‚ the prenatal development of a baby has remained the same‚ and just as remarkable as ever before. Prenatal Development
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