Low birth weight infants and preterm births

            It is well to have the awareness on the disparities that are connected to ethnic and the cultural groups with the low weight in the birth section and the preterm babies. This persists as the main substantial donors of the death of children and the illness in America.  The range of the preterm births is different aid the ethnic and the racial groups.  This mainly connects to the socioeconomic position of their parents, the manners they had during their pregnancies which are all different among every culture.  This difference may explain the ethnic disparity in the preterm births.  Thus it is more important to have the knowledge on the racial and the ethnic variations as they have an effect on the early childhood results including the poor health, development and the educational status.  One of the main feature that causes the disparities in preterm births links to the maternal health condition that the mother experience during her pregnancy.  Low birth weight is a community health predicament that is found in many countries that it is known that a large percentage of births are from low-birth weight babies.  The babies who survive out of low birth weight are exposed to diseases such as less muscle strength and largely exposed to diabetes and heart diseases (Nkansah-Amankra, 2007). 

            These children also have some intellectual infirmities which affect their life performances.  The families who care for the preterm children face many challenges which depend on the harshness of the child’s health status. The families also face the huge money impact which stays for a long term.  In America, there are several community resources that give different types of aids to the families so as to have care for the premature newborns.  An example of such resource is the Healthy Start that gives aid services, provide education and teach women in the community in the health care clinics. The community should follow this link so as to follow the program. The programs assess the families that need support and take them to the health and the social services.  The community should follow this link so as to follow the program: pinellas.floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/clinical-and...Health/index.html (Nkansah-Amankra, 2007).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

Nkansah-Amankra, S. (2007). Disparities in preterm and low birth weight outcomes by neighborhood contexts: Multilevel analysis of South Carolina pregnancy risk assessment and monitoring system (PRAMS) survey, 2000-2003.