FRHD 3040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Neural Tube Defect, Prenatal Care, Birth Weight
21 Feb 2018
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In canada: diverse parenting arrangements, older parents and fewer children, social climate characterized by fewer or leaner supports, greater financial and care burdens by provincial governments. Many pathways to parenthood: conception of a woman with her male partner, adoption, foster care, assisted reproductive technologies including surrogacy, partnering with someone who already has a child. Societal institutions other than the family: educational and career goals, available opportunities in the job market. Connection with social and or workplace policy. Early prenatal case- optimizes chance of delivering healthy full term baby. Avoidance of teratogens (e. g. alcohol, tobacco: most harmful substance, nicotine & doctors recommend complete abstinence from alcohol. Poverty also explains differences in birth weight and infant survival among nations. Kangaroo care taught to parents by hospital personnel in intensive care units and involves: holding an infant skin to skin, pla(cid:272)i(cid:374)g the (cid:271)a(cid:271)(cid:455)"s ear (cid:374)e(cid:454)t to the pare(cid:374)t"s heart. Fostering social emotional development of infants and toddlers.
