Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Case Study

          SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, a leading cause of death in infants under the age of one, has left medical experts unable to clearly define sudden infant death syndrome. After thirty years of research, the medical field has not discovered definite causes for SIDS. Medical experts have suggested many theories that have been studied and debated.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a condition that many people still are trying to figure out why it happens to these babies. This syndrome is described as an unexplained death of an infant younger than one year of age. SIDS is frightening because it can strike without warning and affect a good, healthy infant. Most SIDS deaths occur at night and without warning. SIDS victims may have been down for sleep for as little as ten minutes, they show signs of struggle or suffering. Although SIDS is commonly associated with an infants sleep time, and often occurs in the crib. This event is not limited to the crib and may occur anywhere the infant is sleeping, deaths have occurred in

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome remains the leading cause of post-neonatal mortality (under the age of one) in developed countries. The causes of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome have been puzzling and research is being conducted to solve this catastrophic problem. Having a child under the age of one makes me very concerned, along with any other parent(s), that the possibility of SIDS could affect any infant at anytime, SIDS does not discriminate. I am seeking to find the possible causes to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome so in the future deaths could be avoided.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden unexplained death of an infant aged one or younger that continues to remain a mystery even after a thorough investigation is done, which includes an examination of the scene along with an autopsy. SIDS was first recognized in the United States in the 1960s, with over 7,000 infants dying suddenly and unexpectedly each year. Researchers discovered that placing babies to sleep on their back decreased this risk, as babies that were put to sleep on their side tended to roll onto their stomach, causing them to smother. The Back to Sleep Campaign was launched in 1994; it played a significant role in decreasing the SIDS rates amongst all populations. However, certain populations continue to experience

23 Years ago, a group of archaeologists discovered the leftover remains of a baby beneath the floor in an old 17th-century Brick Chapel at St. Mary’s City, Maryland. The archaeologists knew that the baby was from a prominent family because of a small lead- sheathed coffin. The only problem was that the archaeologists only had the bones of the child to tell his unknown story. This baby suffered from an unknown sickness which can not be detected by the doctors of that time. This specific case represents the fate of many children in colonial Chesapeake. The archeologists discovered that this child probably suffered from rickets or a vitamin D deficiency disease. The pointed

Despite these investments, there are troubling differences in life expectancy, infant mortality, and premature death depending on factors like income, race, ethnicity, gender, and where people live. This is a question that need to be address are the healthcare being disbursed equality without prejudgment.

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Erin Wade is chief executive of Homeroom, a restaurant. Recently she had gotten multiple emails from her staff about harassment. Apparently there had been multiple counts of harassment against female employees, but Wade had never heard of them because the complaints were shut down by male managers. Wade was shocked to hear about this and decided to create a color coded system for reporting incidents. The system has since decreased harassment drastically. Wade advocates for more news stories with solutions to harassment problems rather than publishing even more redundant articles that focus on the harassers and how their lives are changed.

I chose SIDS for my respiratory disease because I had heard about it before, but I never knew that there was a possibility that it had to do with your respiratory system. SIDS is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. SIDS is common with infants younger than 3 months. It has no explanation yet, but it most commonly occurs to infants when they are sleeping. This is such an awful disease/condition because prior to SIDS the babies are usually healthy and well. Although there is no cause, researchers found that it might be caused by an abnormality in your brain that controls your breathing.

SIDS and how to prevent it, are still limited. The leaders in this field are

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden and unexplained death of a baby while sleeping. It is sometimes called crib death, since SIDS babies usually die in their cribs. No one understands what causes the condition, although research suggests it could be associated with brain abnormalities in the areas that control awakening from sleep and breathing. It appears that boys are more prone to SIDS than girls, as are those from the black, Alaska Native, and American Indian races. The condition most often strikes in the first few months of an infant’s life.

1. Why is shaking a baby so dangerous? • Shaking a baby is incredibly dangerous for many reasons. When a baby is shaken rapidly it is called shaken baby syndrome. First and for most it can cause serious injury.

When there is a problem in ones life whether that be the country, at their job, or within their own families everyone’s first instinct is what can be done to fix it. An intervention is an action taken to improve a situation. As defined by Public Health 101: Health People-Healthy Populations, an intervention is defined as “the full range of strategies designed to protect health and prevent disease, disability and death.” Thus, high quality evidence needs to be based on the research, which can establish efficacy in one particular population, but also on the effectiveness of the intervention in the specific population. (Riegelman and Kirkwood, 2015). For many public health issues interventions play a crucial role in getting such issues under control. In the case of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in Native American populations infants were ranked second highest in SIDS deaths in the U.S. at 8.7 per 1000 live births (Alexander, Wingate &Boulet, 2008, p. 5). The cause of SIDS is unknown at the moment but there are a multitude of ways parents can help prevent and reduce the risk of their child dying from SIDS.

In the case study, “Fetal Abnormality” provided by Grand Canyon University (GCU) (n.d.) the four characters exhibit differing influences and worldview theories. The first character is a 30-year old immigrant named Jessica who is exhibiting signs of multiple worldviews (Modern western, Christian, and Materialistic worldview). In the case study, Jessica actions point to a modern western worldview because the influence of dualism is in play. History has shown that dualistic thinking has put a hard line between spirit and matter (Shelly & Miller, 2006). Jessica is torn between two dividing options that she is having a hard time choosing from. On the one hand, her Christian worldview is pulling her to one side with the belief that life is

The fifth chapter of the textbook examines the top causes of infant deaths as well as the effects of infant deaths on families. My gut reaction is that I enjoyed the chapter as I found it to be informative, as well as extremely useful for those working with bereaved children/families.