Essays on Infant Death

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome – abbreviated as SIDS – refers to the unexplained circumstance of the death of an infant of less than a year old (Kohyama, 2013). The unexplained circumstance happens even after an extensive autopsy of the child’s body. It implies that, even though the healthcare department always ascertains the causes of deaths that happen to children, that caused by SIDS has always not been connected to specific reasons. Only a combination of factors is suggested. Some of these include child environmental stressors, expose to tobacco substances, stomachache, and suffocation. As research continues to intensify, the death of ...

Abstract

This essay is focused on reproductive diseases, which are considered to be conditions affecting both male and female individuals. Congenital anomaly, to be specific, is a kidney disease which entails absence, hypoplasia or the presence of fluid or semisolid-filled sacs, known as cysts. Cysts can lead to urinary obstructive symptoms through local pressure. Severe penis anomalies are rare and are normally related to urinary or various other systematic defects. Even though there are no specific cases reported in the State of Florida, various reports have been filed in United States, Canada, among Asian Americans and Native Americans, in Russia ...

Hit and run homicide

A hit and run are normally defined as being involved in a vehicle accident with either a pedestrian, another vehicle or an object and escaping from the scene without being identified or give any assistance to those in need. It is mostly defined by leaving the scene whether you caused the accident or not. However, if you return to the scene maybe you had gone to access emergency assistance will not be considered as a hit and run. In a hit and run accident, there are several wound and injuries that are common and they assist in reconstructing the ...

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a sudden death of apparently healthy child aged up to 1 year as a result of cessation of breathing and heart failure, the cause of which cannot be established at the mortem expertise. Sometimes the syndrome is called as “death at the crib” or death for no reason. However, there are causes or risk factors for the development of this poorly studied phenomenon, and the parents, eliminating them from their life, can save the life and health of the child. SIDS is not a disease; it is a posthumous diagnosis that is exhibited ...

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This Lot in Life is true for me

12, Main Street, Maryland Dear Amanda, Hope you and your 1-year-old baby are doing well. I just wanted share some great news with you- I am expecting my first child and am in the fourth month of pregnancy. As over the moon as me and my husband are, what is keeping me grounded is the morning sickness. Ouch! Now I understand how exciting and at the same time tough pregnancy can be and I wonder how you went through it all so smoothly just last year. I am also confused about one very important thing about ...

Introduction

Quite often, people who smoke tobacco are perceived to be at a higher risk of lung cancer and other conditions associated with the smoking of tobacco than the people who though do not smoke, live with smokers. However, this perception is not necessarily accurate. Individuals who are exposed to the smoke from a burning tobacco have equal or higher chances of developing conditions associated with tobacco-smoking than their counterparts who are active tobacco smokers. The smoke from a burning tobacco can be inhaled by a non-tobacco smoker involuntarily. This kind of smoke is referred to as a secondhand smoke ( ...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Academy of Primary Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the World Health Organization recommend that mothers exclusively breastfeed their infants for the first six months after delivery (Stuebe). In fact, the World Health Organization states that even after solid foods are started at six months, the mother should continue breastfeeding her child for at least two years or as long as she is able to produce milk (Breastfeeding Action Group 1). These organizations are quite correct in issuing these recommendations for as opposed to formula milk, breast milk and ...

Infant Mortality

Introduction Infant mortality has taken a toll at the nation as a whole apart from the families and mothers who loses their babies to different causes. The death of a baby is by far the most devastating event a parent can ever go through in a lifetime. Child mortality remains a sad reality for the whole nation, especially the sole parents and families who are unfortunate enough to experience child death. According to CDC, over 23,000 infants died in the country in the year 2014 alone. The number represents the reported cases of child death across the country. ...

Introduction

The PICOT question for the research: In pregnant women below the age of 30 years, how does the provision of safer sleeping environment compare to the administration of prenatal medication prevent the rate of postneonatal deaths? From the PICOT question formulated, a search term "postneonatal deaths" will be used to review the information on the topic.

Postneonatal deaths

Infant mortality includes both neonatal and post-neonatal deaths. While neonatal deaths occur in children within 28 days after birth, postneonatal deaths occur in infants between 28 days and 11 months after birth. There are various causes and conditions which lead to post-neonatal mortality. ...

A number of reading materials directly support the fact that second-hand smoke can potentially harm infants before and after being born. It normally contains harmful chemicals like carcinogens, which can cause disease and disability, if not death. It can lead to lower respiratory tract infections, asthma, and reductions in the lung function. Studies suggest that tobacco has been identified as “one of the chief preventable causes of death and health consequences for nonsmokers in the world” (Boldo et al., 2007, p.478). Specifically to infants, second-hand smoke can cause injury, diseases, as well as fatality, as it can lead to: ( ...

The selected exam reading for this critique is Cribs for Kids: Risk and Reduction of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Accidental Suffocation. The study research has been conducted by Eileen M. Carlins and Kathryn S.Collins. The study paper is in the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Pennsylvania. The study explores the campaign efforts under ‘The Cribs for Kids’ and the effectiveness. Other factors such as progress and effect of the disease campaign have also been focused on. The critique paper within will seek to interrogate the research design and unravel what steps have been carried out well and correctly. ...

Psychological, Social, and Moral Development of the Infant and Preschool Child

Both Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson emphasized that the children develop in the predetermined order. Specifically, the Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial development consists of distinct stages with possible results in every stage. The theory explains the successful completion in every stage that results to a healthy personality and interaction with others. In contrast, the failure to complete successfully leads to a reduced capability to complete the other stages resulting to more unhealthy personality and interaction with others. Additionally, Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development applies the different genders and cultures.

Psychosocial Stages of Infants (0-12 months)

Trust versus Mistrust Preliminary, from birth to 12 months, a ...

Introduction

Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that 18 out of 100 US adults who are 18 years or older are currently smoking cigarettes. CDC states that an approximate 42.1 million American adults are cigarette smokers. According to last year’s report on Smoking of the Surgeon General, more than 3.5 million of middle school and high school students in the United States continue to smoke cigarettes. “The burden of smoking-attributable disease and premature death and its high costs to the nation will continue for decades unless smoking prevalence is reduced more rapidly than the ...

Abstract

No one should have to endure and experience the death of a child, particularly when a child is such an early age. However, there are factors that would tend to redirect the focus of the death of the child to more scientific reasons rather than just mere negligence. True, there are situations that criminal angles are factors in the death of these infants, but whether these were in control of their faculties’ remains to be discussed. The paper seeks to determine the reasons behind “sudden infant death syndrome,” the possible scientific and legal foundations, and when can these be separated from ...

Second-hand smoke or involuntary smoking, which can cause air pollution and adverse health consequences, refers to the combination of smoke, which fills offices, restaurants and other enclosed premises from the burning of tobacco products like cigarettes, water pipes, and bidis. Tobacco smoke contains over 7000 chemicals, of which hundreds are toxic or poisonous and approximately 70 can lead to cancer (USDHHS 1). Secondhand smoke causes many adverse health effects among immigrants’ children, and infants, including respiratory infections, severe asthma attacks, and ear infection (USDHHS 1). Some of the adverse health effects in immigrants’ adults due to secondhand smoke ...

Health outcomes in developed countries differ substantially for mothers and infants who formula feed compared with those who breastfeed. For infants, not being breastfed is associated with an increased incidence of infectious morbidity, as well as elevated risks of childhood obesity, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, leukemia, and sudden infant death syndrome from diseases such as pneumonia, otitis media, gastroenteritis such as necrotizing enterocolitis, and lower IQ scores (Stuebe, 2009, pp. 222, 224). Breastfeeding offers infants the immune resistance of the mother, which comes from the mother’s plasma cells which are developed to fight specific immune threats ...

The literary world was not ready for Mary Shelley and her novel, Frankenstein. Mary Shelley, the product of a feminist mother, speaks her mind freely about the stereotypic issues that are imbedded in her culture and distinguish between men and women. When the novel, Frankenstein, was published, society was aghast, how could such a young girl write something so gothic? During the early ninetieth century an independent woman was not encouraged; her place was behind her husband. She was suppose to be a paragon of virtue and the patriarch of the family; someone on whom husbands look down, and the children ...

Domains to Consider in the Design of a Preschool Plan

In the design of a plan for a pre-school, the following domains must be considered; physical, intellectual, social and emotional development. This is essential for the young children to have a holistic approach to life. Physical development can be defined as the “is the development of a child's mobility, thought processes and sexual characteristics.” This includes motor skill development and physical growth. As far as physical development is concerned, pre-schools should have enough space to ensure that children can freely develop more complex motor skills. In addition to this, the school instructional method should include a lot of physical education that is complemented by a ...

Article Review

Introduction Smoking is the most common drug dependence during pregnancy, and it is associated with a plethora of problems, which may encompass; fetal growth retardation, premature delivery, and low birth weight. In light with this, maternal smoking is not only harmful during pregnancy, but has a long term impact on the baby after birth. Over the decades, public health officials and the government have been in the fore front in the pursuit to control or correct the issue of smoking during pregnancy. Moreover, different medical researches on smoking during pregnancy have been carried out, and they have contributed monumentally to ...

Reaction

Infant mortality is one of the greatest worldwide problems. In a report prepared for CNN, Jeff Green (2006) states that “An estimated 2 million babies die within their first 24 hours each year worldwide and the United States has the second worst newborn mortality rate in the developed world.” Available statistical data is more than frightening. In terms of this paper we would like to focus our attention on risk factors and specific dangers that newborn babies face during their first year of life. In addition, we will discuss low-weigh birth babies and dangers they will have to face during ...