Discuss disparities related to ethnic and cultural groups relative to low-birth-weight infants and preterm births. Describe the impact of extremely low-birth-weight babies on family and society (short and long term‚ including economic considerations‚ ongoing care considerations‚ and comorbidities associated with prematurity). Discuss whether you feel that support services and systems in your community for preterm infants and their families adequately address their needs or not. Explain your answer
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Discuss disparities related to ethnic and cultural groups relative to low birth weight infants and preterm births. Describe the impact of extremely low birth weight babies on family and society (short and long term‚ including economic considerations‚ ongoing care considerations‚ and comorbidities associated with prematurity). Discuss whether you feel that support services and systems in your community for preterm infants and their families adequately address their needs or not. Explain your answer
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Babies who weight 5.5 pounds (2500grams) or less at birth are low babies with low birth weight. Babies weighing 3.3 pounds (1500 grams) or less are Very low birth weight babies. There is a significant medical and social cost for low birth weight infants and preterm births. Low birth weight is a major predictor of infant mortality. Ethnic and cultural group’s disparities related to low birth weight infant and preterm infant are significantly disproportionate‚ affecting minority Americans. Although
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Low birth weight is considered to be less than 5.5 pounds when a baby is born. Low birth weight is one of the major leading causes of infant death in the United States. Through education and awareness‚ the United States has dropped infant mortality rates dramatically. In 1980‚ infant death averaged twelve percent due to low birth weight (Reichman‚ 2005). Infant mortality dropped to seven percent in the early new millennium (Reichman‚ 2005). So what factors influence a baby to be
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Low birth weight and preterm infants in ethnic groups are attributed to “unequal distribution of economic and social resources across the diverse set of racial and ethnic groups. Many of the resources and programs available for prenatal care and infant health are too broad and comprehensive that they are not able to meet the unique needs of each specific racial and ethnic group. In addition‚ factors such as “sociodemographic characteristics‚ health care access‚ maternal health status‚ and health
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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
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neonatal care might have an indirect effect on low-birth weight For the last 20 years‚ thanks to advances in neonatal technology‚ doctors were able to save babies whose time spent in the womb had to be shortened because of particular problems. Those preterm childbirth also seem to pose a problem of low-birth weight among the babies conceived with the help of neonatal technologies. Low birthweight is a weight of less than 5 pounds‚ 8 ounces‚ low birth weight can cause heart & respiratory diseases as
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specific information system pertaining to specific disease or any other health related event. Purpose 1. assessing magnitude of problem 2. monitoring implementation of health programs 3. understanding local epidemiology of the problem 4. assessing changes in trend of disease or its distribution 5. identifying specific groups at risk 6. to enable predictions about pattern of occurrence of diseases 7. in assessing the impact of the programme intervention for control of diseases Methods Passive surveillance:
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Low birth weight and preterm babies in United States is increasing. Low birth weight babies are babies who are born with the birth weight of less than 5 lbs. either due to preterm delivery or due to restriction of growth inside the uterus. These low birth weight babies are at increased risk for early death and long-term health and developmental issues than infants born later in pregnancy or at higher birth weights. Not all preterm infants are low birth weight‚ and vice versa. Racial/Ethnic
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Babies are developed in a woman’s womb for 9 months. Sometimes they can be delivered prematurely depending on the status of the baby. It can be because of medical conditions and or miscarriages. For low birth weight babies‚ they are the ones who are born in full term but weighs lighter. Not like premature babies who are born before their due date. There are different reasons why babies are born in low weight. Having twins can cause low birth weighy because there’s not enough room to grow inside a
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