NEONATAL SURVIVAL IN RURAL GHANA: UNDERSTANDING THE DETERMINANTS OF NEONATAL MORTALITY AND MOTHERS HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOURS FOR THEIR NEWBORNS. Study aim and objectives General aim The general aim of this study is to evaluate the magnitude and determinants of neonatal mortality and mothers’ health seeking behaviour for their newborns in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Objectives 1. Describe the context and determinants of neonatal mortality in the Upper East Region of Ghana. 2. Evaluate the
Due to the responsibilities to care for a newborn, first-time mothers encounter parenting stress. Both married and single mothers experience parenting stress, but single mothers experience a higher amount of parenting stress. Copeland and Harbaugh proposed a series of factors that contributes to the development of parenting stress, which can diminish the likelihood of successful parenting. Lowering the amount of parenting stress can be beneficial for successful parenting, which is tremendously important
Nutrition plays a significant role in fetal and newborn brain development. lack of micronutrients affects the everyday life of billions of people. Malnutrition caused by vitamin and mineral deficiencies.it also called hidden hunger. Hidden hunger is a growing problem that affects both the developing and the developed world. Malnutrition during first 1,000 days of life is a basically irreversible, burden for a child. During first 1,000 days of human life lasting from conception until the second year
especially the information about the care of child. In the past the child after birth there is no follow up to check the child is in normal growth or there is any concern that may occur in the future, for that the child growth with disease or abnormal growth or with Impairments and disabilities. With the progress of the years the children was in their Interest. they focus in growth monitoring of the child to measure important things to be confirm that child is in normal growth so that contain high
topic in the US; it comes with important policies to bring equality among people, simultaneously propagating and educating the younger generation to change perceptions, thinking of the in society. Gender equality is an important goal not only toward the US, but also the most developed countries around the world, the criteria for evaluating the development of a society. According to the concept of the United Nations, the mean equality of individuals regardless of gender are entitled to the same conditions
conducted to examine and analysis genetic vulnerabilities against inherited diseases. It is a DNA testing done in small samples size of body tissue or blood, to identify by detecting signs of disorder found in the protein, genes and chromosomes. Development in genetic testing has taken a leap in medical field, with the ability to measure potential risk of individual getting diseases. The analysis test of DNA has become an important identification tool for paternity and criminal cases. For instance
Introduction The Primary Community and Continuing Care (2009) state that public health nurses (PHNs) provide preventative and curative care within specific geographical regions to people of various age groups. Mulcahy et al (2012) describe PHNs as ‘population based generalist nurses’. Public health nurse’s areas of care vary from wound dressing clinics to postnatal home visits. Placement in this area involved experiences such as the addiction clinic, breastfeeding clinic and first postnatal visits
the community 5. Ensuring environmental health 6. Importance of healthcare economics in public healthcare management. 7. Interpersonal communication among professionals 8. Ensuring emergency preparedness 9. Population focused assessment 10. Development of health care policy. HEALTH PROMOTION SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CONCEPT Health promotion is the process of motivating people to increase their control and to improve their health by maintaining a relatively healthy status. As health
theories such as John Bowlby’s “secure base” , and Mary Ainsworth’s four attachment categories, and describe how these theories can explain and predict our behaviour in future relationships .Also how they theories were discovered . Purpose and development Attachment is an enduring meaningful bond between two individuals that develops over a long period of time (Schaffer,1996). Bowlby believed that attachment
As it discusses it also states that research suggests that the most important factor is the quality of the home environment and not if there is only one parent involved what makes a contribution to delinquency. Child abuse and neglect is another point given that is believed to contribute to delinquency as well, were the parents that should have been the number one caregivers for their children are the primarily suspects in crime committed to them, whether it was