PSY 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Birth Weight, Dendrite, Corpus Callosum
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The leading killers of young children worldwide are 5 conditions: pneumonia, diarrhea, measles, malaria, and malnutrition. The majority of these deaths can be prevented with proven, cost-effective treatments. Diarrhea: drinking water that contains salt and potassium. Because many children who are ill have symptoms related to two or more of these 5 conditions, imci uses an integrated strategy that focuses on the overall health of a child childhood illnesses. Training health care professionals to become more skilled in dealing with. Improving healthcare systems so that they are better able to respond to childhood. Changing family and community practices to make them more conductive to illness healthy growth. In north america, most infant deaths are due to medical condition associated with birth defects or low birth weight. Motor vehicle accidents are most common cause of accidental deaths in children. Often these deaths happen because young children are supervised inadequately. Parents must constantly keep a protective eye on their young children.
