Women and Pregnancy in Bom Jesus The women‚ men‚ and children that live in Bom Jesus‚ for the most part‚ from the moment they are born have a very hard life. The impoverished women‚ on average during their reproductive days‚ have about 12 pregnancies. Of those pregnancies only about three of the children survive. (pg. 311) When asked‚ how many children would be the ideal family size‚ the women would answer between two to three children. (pg. 331-332) So the question that must be asked is why
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Website Review and Summary Ryan Davis HCS/457 September 1‚ 2013 Kendrick Brown As any of the leader of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative (TPPI)‚ Center for Disease Control is assisting with the confederate business of the of the assistant secretary for health (OASH) for reducing adolescent parturiency and stating differences in adolescent parturiency and labor amounts. The OASH Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) is advocating community and personal object that exists to reserve medical
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fetus during pregnancy‚ for the purpose of obtaining the best possible outcome for the mother and child. Throughout the antenatal period a midwife can monitor the progress of the pregnancy which will enable her to support both the maternal and fetal health and development. In 2003 the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)‚ published the original Antenatal Care Guideline. The aim of the guideline was to “Offer information on best practice for baseline clinical care of pregnancies and comprehensive
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Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 The Pregnancy Discrimination Act is a very important law when it comes to equal employment opportunity. This law ensures that it is illegal for an employer to discriminate against women for becoming pregnant or for anything associated with pregnancy or childbirth. If a woman is pregnant and is still able to work the job she was currently working before‚ or can effectively complete the tasks a job requires for which she may be applying‚ the employer must treat
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Zika Virus‚ an epidemic that has increased the risk of pregnancy for women has been known to be the cause of fetal birth defects. The mode of transmission starts from the mother‚ which then is followed by the pathogen entering through the placenta and into the amniotic fluid. Much research has been conducted since the epidemic and different researchers and institutions are developing and discovering why the Zika Virus not only complicates pregnancy but also causes a risk for women trying to become pregnant
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007454.htm http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007454.htm Alcohol and pregnancy When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol‚ the alcohol travels through her blood and into the baby’s blood‚ tissues‚ and organs. That means when a pregnant mom has a glass of wine‚ her baby has a glass of wine‚ too. Drinking alcohol can harm the baby’s development. Alcohol breaks down much more slowly in the baby’s body than in an adult. That means the baby’s
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nutrients to the fetus. Due to the direct connection‚ mothers are strongly advised not to consume teratogens such as alcohol‚ drugs‚ or other substance that may be detrimental to a fetus during pregnancy. Intangible factors such as stress on the mother‚ however‚ is often ignored. Yet‚ stress during pregnancy also negatively effects the fetus due to effects of cortisol. Stress is characterized by the release of the stress hormone cortisol. Mental stress from depression‚ anxiety‚ excess physical excursion
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Case Study: Fetal Abnormality Jessica is a 30-year-old immigrant from Mexico City. She and her husband Marco have been in the U.S. for the last 3 years and have finally earned enough money to move out of their Aunt Maria’s home and into an apartment of their own. They are both hard workers. Jessica works 50 hours a week at a local restaurant‚ and Marco has been contracting side jobs in construction. Six months before their move to an apartment‚ Jessica finds out she is pregnant. Four months later
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begin my amazing journey and new chapter in my life. I always had this preconceived idea of how wonderful pregnancy would be. I had so often heard of the pregnancy “glow”‚ having crazy cravings‚ being able to eat anything I wanted because‚ of course‚ I was now eating for two. I grew up hearing my mother tell me how she loved being pregnant. I was so happy to be starting my new journey. My pregnancy didn’t quite go that way. When I was pregnant with my son‚ it seemed as if those nine months dragged
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Teen Pregnancy and Sex Education The consensus is that sex education is necessary for pre-teen and teenagers to receive information about their bodies‚ reduce the risk of pregnancy‚ and disease (Combellick & Brindis‚ 2011). Many states have mandates on the curriculum of sex education and what grades to present the information to the students (Jacobson‚ 2011). On average‚ students receive sex education in 6th or 7th grade and 9th or 10th grade (Bigos‚ 2012). The problem is in
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