10:832:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sexually Transmitted Infection, Edial, Measles
16 Feb 2017
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Introduction: using age-related profiles helps identify risks and target interventions. Mic health: mic statistics important indicators of effectiveness of disease prevention and health promotion services in a community, decline in us mic mortality in recent decades, but challenges remain. Figure 07. 03: comparison of national infant mortality rates, 2009: u. s. Infant mortality rate by race/ethnicity: death rates, children ages 1-4, death rates, children ages 5-14. Teenage pregnancies more likely to result in serious health consequences for mother and baby. Teen mothers less likely to receive early prenatal care. Smoke during pregnancy: have preterm birth, have low-birth-weight babies, have pregnancy complications, one-third of teenage women gets pregnant at least once before age 20. Teens who become pregnant and have a child are more likely to: drop out of school, not get married or to have a marriage end in divorce, rely on public assistance. Substantial economic consequences for society: determining the preferred number and spacing of children and choosing the appropriate means.
