Category: Infant

Case description Barbara is 40 years old and expecting her 4th child. Her doctors have advised her that, due to her age, she is at high risk for possible fetal death. Barbara conducts research on the internet. She finds statistics for fetal deaths from 2002-2011 based on age and race. She notes that African American…

Blackeney, E. R., Herting, J. R., Bekemeier, B., & Zierler, B. K. (2019). Social determinants of health and disparities in prenatal care utilization during the Great Recession period 2005-2010. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 19(1):390. Web. This article explores the question of why different racial and ethnic groups within the US have unequal access to prenatal…

Was there a clear statement of the question, objectives, and aims of the research? The article provided a clear statement of the question which focused on determining the effects of oral motor stimulation on infants born with complex univentricle anatomy and who required surgery immediately after birth. The aim and objectives of the study were…

Executive Summary Infant and child mortality is a global issue that affects many developing countries in the world. In India, these rates have been exceeding the average number of death per 1000 citizens for many years. Although recently the country officials announced that they were able to reduce the number of infant deaths, India has…

The first social manifestations of a newborn child are associated with physiological needs (food, drink, thermal comfort, movement, absence of pain, comfortable body position). The human brain begins to learn, explore and adapt to the world around it while still in the womb. With the help of modern technology, scientists track the development of the…

Numerous countries have become extremely dependent on cars, as most of the infrastructure and the way of life itself imply that people are expected to drive to work, shopping malls, universities, hospitals, and other institutions. Traffic collisions happen too often on the roads to undermine the importance of infant safety seats and the rules of…

Table of Contents Introduction Main text Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Primitive reflexes may impede the childs development and negatively influence on social and educational realms of a child. These reflexes are primary developmental patterns, as well as postural control. They, in turn, are integrated into more complex patterns establishing voluntary movements and skills. Integration deficiency…

Vision is the faculty of being able to see. The human eye allows us to have a sense of sight, enabling us to learn more about the world than we do with any other senses, hence why it is so crucial to maintain our vision by getting routine checkups. I will discuss many properties of…

How does language develop? There is a first pre-linguistic stage. Babies appear to be biologically ready to pay attention to and discriminate against the sounds of human speech. Dialogues between babies and parents begin in the newborn period. At two months of age, babies respond regularly with attention to adults, orient their faces, focus their…