It is important that newly pregnant women know that teratogens are environmental substances/agents that harm the development of the fetus. These substances are dangerous because the can cross the placental barrier and negatively affect the fetus. Some of them include: alcohol (causes cardiac‚ skeletal‚ and urogenital abnormalities)‚ tobacco (causes low birth weight prematurity; respiratory problems‚ cleft palate‚ etc.)‚ cocaine (causes irritability‚ restlessness‚ tremors; medically and psychologically
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embryo). The gene is contained in the child’s colour of eyes‚ hair‚ height‚ weight complexion‚ intelligence‚ personality and so on. Secondary to the genetic inheritance‚ the environment can also affect a child’s development‚ both the prenatal and postnatal physiological development; the environment exerts considerable influence on a child’s development through the school environment‚ religious environment‚ neighbourhood where the child resides etc. What determines how a child develops? Really‚ it would
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family (Douglas‚ 2014‚ p.204). This associates with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD) in Aboriginal people and has similar underlying risk factors and primarily occurs due to social isolation‚ family history of alcohol‚ reduced prenatal and postnatal care services access that influences prenatal exposure to drugs‚ smoking and alcohol (Douglas‚ 2014‚
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Many people look into adoption each year. Some of the people looking into it are looking to become parents‚ while the others are looking for parents to place their unborn child with. With adoption comes education. It is important for both parties to look into and understand different aspects of adoption. To educate oneself on all aspects of adoption may give each person involved the understanding of the emotions they may go through and the professional help they may want to seek. Psychologists
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PREGNANT AT 15 Being a parent can be very tough‚ as a parent has to juggle the responsibilities of working‚ having a social life‚ coping financially and taking care of a baby all at a same time. Teenage parents struggle even more‚ as they face difficulties with coping financially‚ finding someone to take care of the baby when they are at work or at school‚ having little to no sleep‚ while worrying about finishing their education. Kate Atkins-Portman talks to journalist Chloe Chow about her life as
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Hearing loss is a very prevalent issue around the world today. It affects countless individuals and they have learned to adapt to the challenges that this condition has brought about. Learning about how this condition affects people in their everyday life will help you as a nurse provide the best care available when caring for them. This paper will highlight the etiology‚ causes‚ pathophysiology‚ etiology‚ causes‚ risk factors‚ complications‚ detailed nursing care plan and current treatments involved
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Low birth weight (LBW) and small for gestational age (SGA) are considered as one of the global health issues worldwide. In Australia‚ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community show remarkably higher rate of low birth weight and small for gestational age than non-Indigenous Australians. When mothers and babies are exposed to many risk factors‚ they negatively affect the fetal development‚ gestational period and their health. Low birth weight and small for gestational age are associated with
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particularly in breast-feeding women with a physiologic hypo-estrogenic state‚ consider alternative positions‚ and assess for postpartum mood changes‚ adequate rest‚ and time for intimacy. Postpartum sexual counselling should be a part of antenatal and postnatal follow-up that enhancing women to disclose their sexual complains and fears in order to improve their sexual QOL.
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(teaching and learning) strategies. It is evident that in today’s society Aboriginal people have many issues to overcome to give their children the best opportunities in life. Some of these include‚ poor health care‚ young pregnancy‚ isolation‚ postnatal and antenatal care‚ uneducated parents‚ alcoholism/substance abuse‚ inadequate housing‚ family violence and racism (Gordon.S. 2006). Although there has been a slight increase in Aboriginal children completing their schooling due to past government
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will not produce sperm‚ and females will only conceive if there has been enough rain to produce a large quantity of green vegetation. And about kangaroos most special feature female kangaroos have a pouch called a marsupium in which joeys complete postnatal development. OOPS!! OOPS!! OH!! OH!! My Babysite!! My Babysite!! Some information is from
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