METHOD Study data This study is a secondary analysis of individually recoded data from the 2013-2014 Viet Nam MICS 5 (22). This household survey was carried out as part of the global MICS program that was developed and designed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to collect internationally comparable data on a wide range of indicators tracking maternal and child health. A stratified two-stage cluster sampling design was used to obtain a nationally representative sample of 10,200 households for the survey. From the interviewed households, 9,827 women of reproductive age (15-49 years old) were successfully interviewed, yielding a response rate of 96.4 percent. We restricted our analyses to the 1,484 women who had a live birth within the two years preceding the survey. A final sample of 1,340 (90%) women with no missing data on covariates of interest was included in our analysis. Approval to use the data was given by the UNICEF MICS Team. In the Vietnam MICS, all women with a live birth in the two years preceding the date of interview were asked a number of questions about antenatal health care. Information was collected about the types of providers, the numbers of ANC visits, the timing of the first ANC and the five basic components of the ANC package. These components were: blood pressure measured, urine tested, blood sample taken, tetanus injection received, and iron-folate supplements provided (22). Measurements In this study, the main outcome variable is
This website is about the Children’s Defense Fund, a non-profit advocacy organization, which strives to help the children, especially the ones that are being raised in a less fortunate family, in every way possible by advocating on their behalf while ensuring their priority. The case advocacy approach focuses on individual cases, such as a single child in America whose have been violated and unable to take actions accordingly due to the lack of resources and socioeconomic status. According to the Children’s Defense Fund (2017), “The United States has the second highest child poverty rate among 35 industrialized countries despite having the largest economy in the world ” (par. 2). In addition, the program provides the quality care for every
Unmistakably, innumerable world events have set the stage for a multitude of moments of peace, liberty, and justice throughout the globe that have been long awaited for extensive periods of time. The key formula of momentous changes throughout history have not only been political decisions, but also the commonly associated aspect of warfare. Together, these often-chaotic melting pots of policy and conflict have paved the way for ending extensive moments of injustice and hardship while also toppling the authoritative rule of brute dictators such as Adolf Hitler. However, quite commonly the long-fought pathways towards victory and sequential freedom leaves behind a long tail of destruction and chaos often paid for in the cost of lives, limbs, damaged societies and post-traumatic stress disorder. On the positive side, however, what these long-fought battles sometimes give birth to are organizations and policies that emphasize the necessity of not only preserving peace, but also aiding those commonly negatively impacted by those moments of disorder and chaos. A great example of an
Taylor, Y. J., & Nies, M. A. (2012, June 23). Measuring the impact and outcomes of maternal child health federal programs. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 17(5), 886-896.
I am Vietnamese-American. I am part of the largest population of refugee children in American history, and one of the first of its community to be born in the American culture. With no prior generation in my ethnic group, I have faced the stresses of growing up Vietnamese and as an American. I faced the effects of acculturation throughout my life, and I have watched my parents’ health deteriorate. Both are borderline diabetic and have multiple vascular diseases. When I learned how chronic diseases were more prevalent among minorities from low socioeconomic classes, it all made sense. My family was a prime example. Since then, I have looked at my life in a different perspective and wanted to help people like my family to control and manage our health. In addition, when I visited Vietnam when I was 22, I was shocked to discover that my young female cousins were already parents and had several previous miscarriages. Subsequently, I came to realize the ongoing health crisis around women’s health in Vietnam and other developing countries. Thus, I also wanted to help women make healthier choices regarding their reproductive health.
This research consisted of key informants and general informants. These general informants were leaders in the community, granny midwives and African American and European American health care professionals. These general informants came from the clinics and hospitals where key informants were from. The key informants from each region were women who were either pregnant or had a baby within in a year preceding the study. (Marjorie Morgan, 1996)
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is an international organization present in 190 countries (Unicef, n.d.). It is an agency focused on the area of maternal and child health. Recently, the organization is providing fresh water and food for mothers and children, education for mothers and girls, and immunization programs for children (Unicef, n.d.). The advantages for this program are the benefits to the education and health of the women and children, but the disadvantages are ability to retrieve funds all the time, and providing care to everyone. They have to have a focused topic, like they do, in order to start to care for the population. There are many issues in the third world countries that go beyond the abilities of one organization,
From the results, it is evident that the interventions were effective in increasing ANC coverage and improving other pregnancy related issues that emerged as a result of lack of or insufficient ANC. They addressed the common problems that affected the utilization of ANC, these included: maternal knowledge, accessibility to health care facilities and financial difficulties. Accordingly, as doctors and future practitioners, it is imperative that as we provide maternal and antenatal care, we structure the health care services we provide around the patient and cater to a patient's individual preferences, needs and concerns. We are advised to accommodate the patient as much as we can, which means providing them with care that is specific to them
It is such a privilege to share our food with the poorest of the poor. This is only possible because of the unwavering support of so many people and organizations. Feed My Starving Children makes and donates the food, with the help of their partners. They donate this food to us, and our Love A Child partners sponsor the food to come from the States to Miami, then by boat to Haiti and released through Haiti’s Customs. When it comes to Haiti we depend on our incredible team and our National Haitian Director, Nelio and his staff to bring it to our Kingdom Connection warehouse. We all work together to feed hungry children and their families in Haiti.
The majority of trans* individuals realize in early childhood (i.e. between the ages of 2 to 4 years) that their assigned gender, by birth and societal expectations, is not congruent with their inner sense of self, as a result their earliest experiences of validation or rejection are rooted within the family system (Bernal & Coolhart, 2012). In 2012, Travers et al., conducted a study for the Children’s Aid Society in Toronto, Ontario. Their goal was to investigate the impact of strong parental support for trans* youth between the ages of 16-34. Through the use of self-report methods trans* youth reporting positive parental support, compared to those reporting little to no support demonstrated significant increases in life satisfaction, mental health, self-esteem and the likelihood of obtaining adequate housing. Of the 433 youth surveyed 34% reported they had parents they considered “very supportive,” leaving 67% of trans* youth rating their level of parental support between “somewhat” to “not at all.” Therefore, in order to address the needs of this large population of unsupported youth a TA-CBT therapist must understand the cognitive blockages underlying discrimination and rejection toward this population.
Participants: The participants will be two hundred and fifty mother child dyads (250 moms, 250 babies). The clinical sample will be recruited from an area that is a high-risk environment for a child. Risk factors include, socioeconomic status, low educational level and chaotic living conditions. The reasoning for this is because, as mentioned previously, around 85% of children from this type of community
Global coding for obstetrics is basically for the services and supplies needed for the antepartum, delivery, and postpartum period of a normal pregnancy. The antepartum period of pregnancy is the time of pregnancy from conception to the onset of delivery. The initial and subsequent history, all physical examinations, recording of blood pressure, weight, fetal heart tones, routine urinalysis, and monthly visits up to twenty-eight weeks gestation are included in antepartum care. After twenty-eight weeks, biweekly visits up to thirty-six weeks gestation, and weekly visits until delivery are also included in antepartum care. Delivery services included the hospital admission with history and physical, the management of uncomplicated labor, and the vaginal or cesarean delivery. Episiotomy and the use of forceps are also included for antepartum care. For postpartum care, normal, uncomplicated hospital and office visits for six weeks after either vaginal or cesarean section delivery are included.
According to studies, Asian mothers do not attend frequently at postnatal and antenatal clinics and this explains the reason they have high rates of stillbirths and infant mortality (Kirby et al.2000). However, it can be argued that the reasons for the low attendance is because of not having transport to go to the hospital, language or educational barriers and these problems that they encounter are hardly discussed (Kirby et al., 2000). Factors such as where you live, whether you own a car and working hours can all affect access to
In 2013, 289 000 women died during pregnancy and childbirth and it was estimated that everyday 800 women all over the world died from childbirth or childbirth-related problems (World Health Organization, 2014). Often, maternal mortality is found to occur more often in developing countries than developed countries. Maternal mortality refers women who died from the situation like during pregnancy, termination of pregnancy within 42 days, regardless of duration and place of pregnancy, from aggravation caused by the pregnancy or pregnancy management (Nwagha et al, 2010). Maternal mortality may be resulted from direct or indirect cause. Direct causes are from obstetric complications of pregnancy, labour, and puerperium, and interventions whereas indirect causes are from the worsening of current conditions by pregnancy or delivery (Givewell, 2009). This paper aims to examine the causes for maternal mortality in both developed and developing countries and will end with a proposal for government to ensure women are given reproductive health rights.
In 2014, Chinese birth rate is 12.4 per thousand (CITE world bank). Although the efforts of promoting prenatal care were made during these years and infant mortality rate decreased substantially from 84 per thousand in 1984 to 9 per thousand in 2015, there are still 1.17 million preterm birth babies who are at higher risk of death of children under 5 years of age (CITE WHO). One of the important risk factors of preterm birth is maternal stress, of which pregnant women and Chinese population lacks awareness.
Child fund has helped positive developmental conclusions for kids in Ecuador. Child fund has been dynamic in right on time youth advancement in Ecuador for about 25 years, with programming that intends to give defenceless youngsters ages 0-5 a begin in life that will empower them to survive, flourish, and create to their true ability. The association expects to achieve this effect objective by concentrating on two primary results: engaged and responsive child rearing and help and solid group based youngster insurance systems. This study analyses the confirmation that Child fund’s work in Ecuador has fundamentally helped these results of investment.