Running Head: FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER Pregnancy‚ Birth and the Newborn: Focus on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder SWHB 405: Human Behavior in the Social Environment 1 ABSTRACT From conception to birth‚ the mother’s role in bringing to life and nurturing a healthy baby is paramount. Factors such as the mother’s biological‚ psychological and social environment play important roles in determining the wellbeing of a child. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder‚ an irreversible condition
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Currently the world is increasing by 80 million people per year (Stefoff 16). “Population is determined by the interplay of two factors. One is the birth rate‚ or the number of people being born‚ and the other is death rate‚ or the number who die. The difference between the two is called the rate of natural increase” (Stefoff 25). So let’s say the birth rate is 5 children per second‚ and the death rate is 2 deaths per second. The
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Partial birth is a murder which can not be justified. Partial birth abortion is against the beliefs of those who are pro life and believe that a fetus is alive at conception. Partial birth abortion is against the beliefs of those who are pro life and believe that a fetus is alive at conception. Pro life means that regardless of the situation the life of the child is more important and should be the focus of the pregnancy. Therefore people are Pro life have uter strong feelings against abortion no
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Preterm Births: Blaming the Mother In our society‚ there seems to be a common misunderstanding about preterm births and what causes them. A preterm birth is defined as a birth that occurs less than 37 weeks into the pregnancy. According to a survey done by Dr. Holly Massett in New York (Public Perceptions‚ 2003) “ 65% of the women surveyed blamed the women for not taking care of herself.” People are quick to assume that the mother’s behavior is the one to blame for early deliveries. Although
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Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness (BP/CR) is a strategy that was identified to promote the timely use of skilled maternal and neonatal care during antenatal‚ labour and delivery and postnatal period. According to Johns Hopkins University‚ JHPIEGO (2004)‚ birth preparedness and complication readiness at the provider level means that midwives and doctors must have the knowledge and skills necessary to treat or stabilize and refer women and new born with complications‚ and they must employ
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has progressively continued to affect the world today. The birth control movement was a social reform campaign led by Margaret Sanger. The goal was to make contraceptives available and legal‚ based on the “hardships of childbirth” and the many self induced abortions that not only could lead to infection or disease for the mother or un-born baby but more often than not‚ death for both. Regardless of the original eugenics purpose of birth control‚ contraception and the pill account for twenty-eight
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Catholic Religion Against Birth Control The Catholic Church has had a ban on birth control from the earliest days of the Bible. The catholics believe that birth control is absolutely wrong‚ and a grave sin. Birth control has been around at least since the times of the ancient Greeks and Romans . During these days birth control came in the form of animal skin condoms and various poisons to be used as spermicides ("Catholic Church Birth Control."). Catholic believers were
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THE "SOCIAL IMPACT" OF BIRTH CONTROL Positive impacts of access to sexuality education‚ public information‚ and medical services are available to young people in Germany. In Germany‚ adolescent sexuality is regarded as a health issue‚ not a political or religious one. An overwhelmingly majority of the people and institutions in this country support sexual health. Teens are educated about safer sex and have access to both birth control pills and condoms if they have sexual intercourse. German
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How Does Natural Childbirth Compare to Medicate Births? Jennifer Rasmussen COM/220 June 6‚ 2010 Julie Freydlin How Does Natural Childbirth Compare to Medicate Births? One of the most natural things for a woman’s body to do is give birth. Once a woman knows that she is with child‚ she begins deciding what will be best for her and her child whether it is what to eat‚ whether or not exercise‚ and even what her birth experience should be. Although it is difficult for women to go through the
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Disparities of Low Birth Weight Babies Low birth weight (less than 2‚500 grams) is one of the leading causes of infant mortality‚ and low birth weight infants who survive are at an increased risk of having developmental disabilities. One of the goals of Healthy People 2010 is to eliminate health disparities‚ and one of the Healthy People 2010 objectives (16-1c) is to reduce the prevalence of low birth weight infants to 5%. There is a significant disparity in the proportion of low birth weight infants
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