Chapter 3 Flashcards
(17 cards)
Infant mortality rate
Number of live-born infants who die before their first birthday per 1000 live births.
Define maternal mortality rates.
The death of a woman while pregnant or with 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes
What is the number one risk factor for infant mortality?
Poverty
Define teratogen
A substance or agent that causes birth defects
List social factors that contribute to high-risk pregnancies
Young maternal age, low maternal education, birth without a strong social network, violence
What are some barriers that discourage high-risk individuals from seeking prenatal care?
Lack of info abt services, inconvenient service hours, long clinic waits, inadequate transportation, lack of childcare
List the leading causes of infant mortality.
Congenital anomalies, disorders related to preterm birth and low birth weight, maternal complications, SIDS, and injuries
What are congenital anomalies?
Often-inherited medical conditions that occur at or before birth
What is preterm birth?
A birth occurring before 37 week of pregnancy
List some risk factors of premature birth?
Smoking during pregnancy, previous preterm births, carrying more than one fetus, obesity, diabetes, and bacterial infections of the genital tract
What campaign dramatically reduced SIDS deaths?
The Back to Sleep/Safe to Sleep campaign
What are some of the adverse outcomes of adolescent pregnancy?
Interferences with education/career prospects, economic hardships, interference with formation of a strong family unit.
What percentage of pregnancies in the US are planned?
50%
Which act requires all insurance plans to cover BC without a deductible or copayment?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
What is the most effective method of contraception?
Sterilization
What are the medical recommendations regarding breast feeding?
Infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life
What is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children?
A federal assistance program of the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for health care and nutrition of low-income pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and infants and children under the age of 5.
