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| What has happened to infant and maternal mortality rates in the United States |
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| Dramatic progress in reducing infant mortality rates and significant decrease in maternal mortality rates. |
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| What are the mortality rates comparisons among black infants versus the rate among white infants |
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| Great disparity with significantly more black infant and maternal mortality rates. |
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| What are the mortality rates comparisons among black women versus the rate among white women |
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| Great disparity with significantly more black infant and maternal mortality rates. |
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| Define maternal, infant , and child health |
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| The health of women of childbearing age from pre-pregnancy, through pregnancy, labor and delivery, and the postpartum period and the health of the child prior to birth through adolescence. |
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| Every ??? hours a child is killed by abuse or neglect |
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| Every ??? hours a child or teen is killed by a firearm. |
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| Every ??? a mother dies in childbirth. |
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| What happened to the the teenage birth rate in the United States between 1991 and 2004 |
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| Between 1991 and 2004 the teenage birth rate in the United States declined 33% to a record low of 41.2 births per 1,000 teenage girls in 2004 |
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| Determining the preferred number and spacing of children and choosing the appropriate means to accomplish it |
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| a portion of the Public Health Service Act of 1970 that provides funds for family planning services for low income people |
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| a 1973 Supreme Court decision that made it unconstitutional for state laws to prohibit abortions. |
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| Define low-birth-weight infant |
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| One that weights less than 2500 grans or 5.5 pounds at birth |
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| death of a child less than one year of age |
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) a group of abnormalities that may include growth retardation, abnormal appearance of face and head, and deficits of central nervous system function, including mental retardation, in babies born to mothers who have consumed heavy amounts of alcohol during their pregnancies.
SIDS is sudden infant death syndrome – sudden unanticipated death of an infant in whom, after examination, there is no recognized cause of death |
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WIC (Women, Infants, and Children Program) a special supplemental food program for women infants and children sponsored by the USDA.
FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) federal law that provides up to a 12 weak unpaid leave to men and women after the birth of a child, an adoption, or an event of illness in the immediate family. |
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| What is the age range for adolescents and young adults |
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| Those people who fall into the 15 to 24 year old range |
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| BMI the ratio of weight (in kilograms) to height (in meters squared) |
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| high levels of cholesterol in the blood |
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| systolic pressure equal to or greater than 140 mm of mercury (Hg) and / or diastolic pressure equal to or greater than 90 mm Hg for extended periods of time |
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| prejudice and discrimination against the aged |
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| those 65 years of age and older |
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| Define youth dependency ratio |
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| dependency ratio that includes only the youth |
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| Define elderly dependency ratio |
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| the dependency ratio that includes only the elderly |
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| a ratio of the total number of those individuals who are not working to the number of those who are |
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| a ratio that compares the number of individuals whom society considers economically unproductive to the number it considers economically productive. |
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| population gain or loss resulting from migration |
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| Define assisted living facility |
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| a special combination of housing personalized support services and health care designed to meet the needs – both scheduled and unscheduled – of those who need help with activities of daily living |
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| Define retirement communities and continuing-care retirement community |
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| retirement communities are residential communities that have been specifically developed for those in their retirement years continuing care retirement communities are planned communities for seniors which guarantee a lifelong residence and health care |
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| planned short – term care, usually for the purpose of relieving a full-time informal care giver |
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| Define home health care services |
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| health care services provided in the patient’s place of residence |
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| Activities of Daily Living (ADL) eating, toileting, dressing, bathing, walking, getting in and out of bed or chair, and getting o utside. Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) include more complex tasks such as handling personal finances, preparing meals, shopping, doing housework, traveling, using the telephone, and taking medications. |
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| one who helps identify the health care needs of an individual but does not actually provide the health care services |
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| one who helps identify the health care needs of an individual and also personally performs the caregiving service |
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| Define informal caregiver |
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| one who provides unpaid assistance to one who has some physical, mental, emotional, or financial need limiting his or her independence. |
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