Lecture 8 Flashcards
What is the Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale?
(NBAS) evaluated a baby’s reflexes, muscle tone, state changes, responsiveness to physical and social stimuli.
Who developed the NBAS?
Berry Brazelton
What is the neonatal intensive care unit network neurobehavioural scale (NNNS)?
A specially designed for use with newborns at risk for developmental problems.
How is the transition to parenthood?
Gender roles may become more traditional. Sharing caregiving predicts greater happiness and sensitivity to the baby.
Postponing parenthood until when eases transition?
Late twenties to thirties.
What percentage of babies in the United States born to single mothers?
39%
Most non-marital births are unplanned, what issues accompanies this?
Unprepared, adolescent teens. Low-income women in 20’s.
What is the exception to births that are unplanned and non-marital?
Financially secure women ages 30-45.
What percentage of first-time mothers experience postpartum depression after the birth of their baby?
8%-10%
What percentage of fathers report depression after the birth of a child?
3%-5%
How does parental depression effect a child?
Can effect a child’s world view.
What kind of supports and programs can help with the ease of transition in to parenthood?
Prebirth counselling, high-risk parents struggling with poverty benefit from intensive home interventions, low-income parents may require support (food, money, childcare, etc).
