MBI 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: School Hygiene, Homicide, Childes

• School: Miami University
• Department: Microbiology
• Course: MBI 131
• Professor: Bridge Eileen

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Child health (1-9 years: nutrition, exercise (activity, games, play), safety, vaccines, and school health play important roles, causes of childhood mortality. Unintentional injuries are leading cause of childhood death. Child restraint laws in all 50 states. Use the co(cid:396)(cid:396)ect ca(cid:396) seat fo(cid:396) the child"s age a(cid:374)d weight. Use car seats, booster seats and seat belts correctly: trends in child health. Vaccinations have greatly reduced child mortality rates from infectious disease. Deaths from accidents, cancer, and congenital abnormalities are also decreasing. Programs that support the health of women infants and children: wic program. A special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children administered by the usda; established in 1974. Residency in application state, income requirements, must be at (cid:862)(cid:374)ut(cid:396)itio(cid:374)al (cid:396)isk(cid:863) 2010: > 10 million participants; nearly half of all infants born in us of children. Adolescents and young adults (10-24: about 1/5 of the us population in 2010, decline in death rates over past several decades, obesity epidemic.