...Prenatal Care in the Community Prenatal Care in the Community Getting early and regular prenatal care improves the chances of a healthy pregnancy. Preconception and prenatal care can help prevent complications and inform women about important steps they can take to protect their infant and ensure a healthy pregnancy. Which is important to many mothers. It’s is also important to be informed because habits that may not harm an adult may still harm a baby’s development. A child’s health begins long before it is born. Common barriers to a healthy pregnancy and birth include lack of access to appropriate health care before and during the pregnancy. In addition, environmental factors can shape a woman’s overall health status before, during, and after the pregnancy. There are many free or low-cost services for pregnant women and their babies. Hospitals, Churches, State or local Health Departments Etc. Having prenatal care is important but it is not always what happens in certain situations for example people with addiction issues. Even though those certain people may know better they still risks of their actions. The use of substances by the mother can have devastating consequences to the fetus. Smoking is linked to low birth weight, which can result in a weakened immune system, poor respiration, and neurological impairment. Excessive maternal drinking while pregnant can cause fetal alcohol spectrum disorders with life-long consequences for the...
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...Scott- Groves 25 April 2016 Prenatal Care and Women Prenatal care plays an essential role in the life of expecting mothers with women trying to conceive. Prenatal care is health care that aims to keep both the soon to be mother and her baby both healthy. The care that these expecting mothers receive includes getting regular checkups and tests done regularly to keep up with the growing fetus and to prevent or reduce any complications that can arise during pregnancy. It is especially important for mother’s with high risk pregnancies to take all the necessary prenatal care doctors recommend in order to maintain a safe and successful delivery. For women who are trying to conceive, getting the proper prenatal care will aide in having a healthy baby and pregnancy. One way that prenatal care helps women aiming to get pregnant is by informing and educating them on important procedures at which they can already be doing prior to actually getting pregnant. In the article on womenshealth.gov website, it states “You should start taking care of yourself before you start trying to get pregnant. This is called preconception health. It means knowing how health conditions and risk factors could affect you or your unborn baby if you become pregnant. For example, some foods, habits, and medicines can harm your baby — even before he or she is conceived. Some health problems also can affect pregnancy.” With prenatal care in my community, doctors advises women on vital factors...
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...the lack of adequate assistance to low-income pregnant women and their families. This plan will allow one to make a great impact in healthcare, attests to the art of nursing even as a student, the whole multidisciplinary team and the most important of aspect of healthcare; the patients that are being served. This paper will offer insight into the community, including a thorough assessment of low income pregnant women and their families’ lack of access to adequate care in Delray Beach Florida. In addition, this paper will highlight a health promotion plan for improving quality of life and health of low income, underinsured Delray Beach residents by discussing state and local programs. Also, discussing the community stakeholders as well as the financial and political implications of the health promotion project is a pivotal point. By addressing the barriers in creating the health promotion in the community, the community health nurse can serve as a patient advocate and present a plan an alternate plan and any possible interventions in case of unforeseen, confounding issues that may arise. The Aggregate Being poor and having to take care of other children can increase the likelihood of negative health outcomes especially for their unborn children. Pregnant women need resources that can easily be accessed and utilized. Thus, this writer have chosen to write about cthis aggregate for the Health Promotion Plan paper as low-income pregnant women with families living in Delray Beach...
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...Access to Care Project Lane Community College William Bennett Scott Dawson Shana Perkins Assigned scenario: Summer is a 15 year old sophomore at South Eugene High School. She is 5 months pregnant. She lives at home with her parents in a home near the corner of Potter Street and 21st Avenue. Summer and her boyfriend would like to keep the baby. Summer’s boyfriend Jake is talking about moving into Summer’s parents’ house but Summer’s parents are not so sure that they want Jake living with them. a. What prenatal resources are available to Summer? b. How much will prenatal care cost? c. Is it likely that Summer’s prenatal care and the baby’s medical care be covered by her parents’ standard medical insurance policy? What criteria, if any need to be met? d. What post-partum resources are available to facilitate Jake’ & Summer’s parenting skills? e. Summer would like to transfer to Churchill High School to participate in their child care program. What bus route will Summer need to take to get from her parents’ home to Churchill High School? NOTE* Our group identified local medical coverage networks including Peacehealth, Oregon Medical Group (OMG) and Private Payer. We chose to gather data from OMG and assumed the insurance coverage of the parents covers services on an approved provider list limiting her to the OMG network. Questions: Community resources available to teen parents are numerous and qualification is based on availability...
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...implications of the availability of personal genetic information. There is also a Reflection piece dealing with how I would feel about the family’s decision ad how I would advocate for their decision. It will also examine the ethical and legal considerations of continuing a pregnancy after a diagnosis of Tay Sach’s. Genetics Case Study Family Ethics and Beliefs guide the Trosack family in the initial decision making process but they will need education and support in order to effectively care for their child and cope with the diagnosis of Tay Sach’s. Many resources are needed to properly care for this family and an interdisciplinary team is required to ensure that as many needs can be met as possible. Interdisciplinary Team Members: 1. Case Manager: The Case Manager is essential to planning and coordinating other disciplines to assist the Trosack family. The Case Manager can provide information on care during pregnancy, and also care and resources available in the community after discharge home. The Case Manager can assist in finding appropriate physicians for the child and referrals to ensure that the family obtains all resources available. The Case Manager will interview the Trosack family to find out religious beliefs, education level, and medical insurance coverage benefits from all sources, home living situation, and other resources available, and collect any other pertinent data. The information I would expect from the Case Manager are medical...
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... A myriad of women have limited if no access to prenatal because they lack insurance. Consequently there are so many women get pregnant each year without health insurance and therefore leading to inadequate/low prenatal care. Some insurance companies have also categorized pregnancy as pre-existing condition. The cost of paying for the services is very high leaving a number of women at limbo; forcing them to risk facing the challenges accompanied. Therefore the excitement of being pregnant disappears due to the worry which is associated with the financial constrain. (Pender & Pender 1996) As the saying goes in a number of cultures ‘It is the role of the whole community to take care both the unborn and born human beings’ it is a fact that the society has a role to play. During the promotion of the heath program, there will be a video coverage that will be done on the effects of poor prenatal care and other simpler and affordable mechanisms to health the insured and underinsured women. In the coverage, the pictures of the community members will be used in the coverage. At the same time those who will be doing the coverage will be individuals derived from the local setting. The adoption of this method will make people appreciate and own the program. It will appeal to them since they will feel as if it is theirs. (Pender & Pender 1996) The promotional fliers will be distributed by the community young energetic community members. The pictures which will be drawn will also...
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...a drug to which one has become habituated through repeated consumption because it produces a particular effect, usually an alteration of mental status. Addiction is usually accompanied by a compulsion to obtain the drug, a tendency to increase the dose, a psychological or physical dependence, and detrimental consequences for the individual and society (Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 2001). The underlying issues of drug addicted pregnant women have been examined by a number of authors who attempted to expose the truth behind why these women are reluctant to seek prenatal care. According to Carolyn S. Carter (2002), in her article she explored societal responses to prenatal drug abuse, including stigmatic attitudes and behaviors of healthcare workers that are directed toward women who abuse drugs during pregnancy. She found that healthcare providers’ stigmatic responses can deter women from receiving prenatal care and place women and their unborn children at risk (Carter, C. 2002). Because poor women and women of color face a greater probability of being prosecuted or losing custody of their...
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...Jack Mendez Community Assessment RN 402-Community Health Nursing March 10, 2010 One of the most significant assessment findings within North Minneapolis is the prevalence of crime. When asked, many people around the metro will say that North Minneapolis is a “bad area” or that it is “unsafe”; this usually comes with a non-verbal look of concern from the person giving their input. How much worse is North Minneapolis than other metro areas? To find the answer to this question statistics and data from North Minneapolis will be analyzed. Assessment data will look at physical-environment, psychological, biophysical, sociological and behavioral aspects of Minneapolis as well as more specific areas within Minneapolis. Physical Environmental Community Assessment Minneapolis consists of 5 precincts or geographical areas that are controlled by different policing bodies. North Minneapolis falls primarily under the 4th precinct. “Its service area is bounded by Interstate 94 W on the East, Interstate 394 on the South and the city limits on the West and North” (City of Minneapolis, 2010). The fourth precinct consists of 16 zones which comprise the farthest north and northwest areas of Minneapolis. The nursing assessment will also focus in on the residents living within the Victory zone, one of the many zones within the city of North Minneapolis. Victory runs along Victory Memorial Parkway to Xerxes on the west, down to Dowling Avenue, and east to Newton Avenue. Victory...
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...chronic diseases for the future generation, promoting a healthy lifestyle from childhood years is highly recommended. This report reviews the importance of breastfeeding, Minnesota’s health themes for 2020, the different agencies and surveillance systems involved in addressing these issues, and the type of data used. Health Issue: Breastfeeding Healthy Minnesota 2020 The health assessment for Minnesota recognizes a healthy start early in life. The themes for Healthy Minnesota 2020 to promote health are: * “Capitalize on the opportunity to influence health in early childhood” (MDH, 2012, p.11) * “Assure that the opportunity to be healthy is available everywhere and for everyone” (MDH, 2012, p. 11) * “Strengthen communities to create their own healthy futures” (MDH, 2012, p. 11) The focus of this report will be on indicator 1.2 which states “By 2020, more Minnesota children are exclusively breastfed for six months” (MDH, 2012, p. 13). Statistics indicates that four out of five Minnesota infants are breastfed from the beginning but then more than half of the infants stop breastfeeding by the age of six...
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...Prenatal Substance Abuse Effects on the Exposed Fetus Substance abuse during pregnancy has become a significant problem worldwide. Studies show that drugs taken by a pregnant woman can cause many short and long term health risks to the fetus. The substance reach the fetus primarily by crossing the placenta, the same route taken by oxygen and nutrients, which are needed for the fetus growth and development. Drugs that a pregnant woman takes during pregnancy can cause direct impact to the fetus. Prenatal drug exposure increases the risk of giving birth to babies with developmental delays. Women who use alcohol, cocaine or tobacco when they are pregnant may have brain structure changes that persis into early adolescence. The negative effects...
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...Fifty-three percent of all pregnancies were aborted following prenatal diagnosis.” (Mark, Bradford) Abortion should be allowed in the circumstances of the patient is under the age of 18, raped or incest, if the baby has a life threatening disease, or if the mother's life is in danger. Babies are often aborted following screenings due to mothers finding out possible diseases the baby could have. Although the topic of abortion is controversial, women should have their own choice. Abortion has been a controversial topic for many years, and has developed over time. According to Corinne Naden “Abortion is defined as the termination of a pregnancy before the embryo has developed and could survive outside the uterus.”Abortions have dated back to...
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...Germany Vs United States Health Care Systems Tarrah Schefke Mary Dunbar HSC 111 Paula Dixson Germany Vs United States Health Care Systems Mention European health care to an American, and it probably conjures up a negative stereotype — high taxes, long waiting lines, rationed care. It's not that way in Germany. Very little tax money goes into the system. The lion's share comes, as in America, from premiums paid by workers and employers to insurance companies. German health benefits are very generous. And there's usually little or no wait to get elective surgery or diagnostic tests, such as MRIs. It's one of the world's best health care systems, visible in little ways that most Germans take for granted. Dental Care in Germany vs. United States Dental care in Germany is very similar to the dental care that we have in the United States. In Germany, costs for dental care is ranked amongst the highest in Europe, while public healthcare costs consume a large portion of their national budget (Going to the Dentist in Germany, 2012). The downside to this is that an increasing number of dental treatments are excluded from reimbursement by public health care plans. Also, in Germany there is a two-tier insurance program, which offers different levels of dental insurance coverage. The costs of your yearly dental health routine are covered by all standard dental health plans. This includes two annual check-ups, teeth cleanings, and basic fillings (Going to the Dentist in Germany...
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...to the TCC counseling center with the complaint of “failing a class and feeling anxious because she has not had prenatal care throughout her pregnancy.” She has indicated she does not have medical health insurance because she cannot afford it.” Ms. Buttercup lives with her mother, father, and little sister. She is currently a full-time student and unemployed. Moreover, Ms. Buttercup’s fiancé (the father of her unborn child) has recently called off their engagement as a result of financial hardship. Ms. Buttercup appeared distressed and complained that she has only received prenatal care by a doctor one time throughout...
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...interviewing multiple OB doctors, it was found that they do not have time to discuss breast-feeding with their patients during prenatal care visits. This is due to time constraints because of a multitude of patients needing to be seen by these doctors. We have representatives from Redlands Community Hospital that have spoken to the same OB doctors regarding breast-feeding education during prenatal visits. Research has been sent to the doctors regarding exclusive breast-feeding and how the results are better if the patients are educated about it during their prenatal visits. The hospitals in the Inland Empire offer birthing classes and breast-feeding clinics. Most do not have the money to advertise these free classes. More advertising to promote these classes would be helpful. The high schools that have classes for pregnant teens also need to address breast-feeding to a further extent. They can also educate about the resources and classes in the area that are free. Once the patients get to the hospital and deliver the baby they are usually taken care of by lactation educators and experienced nurses and are allowed to breast-feed on demand. We simply need to continue the support outside of the hospital setting. Outcomes or Goals If the doctors and nurses would make it a priority to speak to their patients about breast-feeding during their prenatal visits at Beaver Medical Group, good results would emerge. The OB offices could have literature regarding breast-feeding in their...
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...using health care facilities in the U.S. Many health care providers also deal with these obstacles while attempting to treat Hispanic. The use of healthcare services has a lesser number of patients in Hispanics because the bulk of the problem is the language barrier and cultural differences which sometimes leads to false assumption or even the physician completely biased. “Language and culture are by no means the only factors that may act as a barrier. In order to enlighten care providers, as to the potential pitfalls that may exist, there is a need to explore the different factors in the creation of the barriers” (Scheppers, 2005). Many Hispanics do not have health insurance which usually prevents the majority of Hispanic people from receiving health care. The language barrier and the inability to speak English sometimes prevent Hispanic patients from communicating with his or her physician. Hispanic women get very little to no healthcare at all particularly prenatal care than any other ethnic group. “Results also showed that Mexican American pregnant teenagers are at particularly high risk regarding prenatal care due to a combination of structural and cultural factors” (Alcalay, 2011). The major challenge for physicians is a big rise of the variety of how cultural factors sometimes influence the way patients’ understand his/her medical problems. The lack of Hispanics speaking English jeopardizes communication between the patient and the health care provider. Most...
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