Monday, October 18, 2010
Chapter 7
This chapter discusses maternal, infant, and child health. The United States has made a dramatic improvement in decreasing the infant mortality rate; however, we are still one of the countries with the highest rate. Half of the pregnancies are unintended in the United States. This affects the children because some women may not realize they are pregnant so they are not receiving the prenatal health care necessary. This may lead to fetal alcohol syndrome for a lot of children. I found the fact that our country is 28th in infant mortality is outrageous because our medical system is one of the most advanced in the world. We are receiving funding from title nine and the establishment of family planning clinics has started to improve the maternal and child health of our nation.
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I found the fact that our country is 28th in infant mortality outrageous also. You would think that with all our advanced technology and medicine that we would be in the top ten or top five. But like you pointed out, we have a lot of unattended births which is most likely why we are so high on infant mortality rates.
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