Question

1. What are the risk factors for having a baby with some degree of low birth weight?

2. Why are babies born with low birth weight a public health issue?

3. What can be done by individuals AND the government to help prevent low birth weight?

Answer 1

ANS)

1) Some of the risk are,

* Very bad health problems that stay for a long period and which will continue to occur for many number of times.Some of such problems are diabetes,increased level of blood pressure and kidney damages etc.

* The major uterus infections and the infections to nearby parts can leads to the birth of a baby with low weight.

* The complications in placenta will make a decrease in the supply of blood and nourishment to the infant and this will leads to the baby with low weight.

* One of the another important risk factor is,Low weight of mother at the time of pregnancy.This will really make an increase in the birth of baby with low weight.

2) Babies born with low birth weight is a serious public health issue.This condition may leads to the death of the baby in the early childhood or to the disabilities of the baby.The preterm parturition is one of the major condition which may leads to low weight baby.This preterm parturition will also leads to the increase in the infant death rate.The poverty is also largely connected with the low weight of baby and also the usage of some serious drug by mother will also produce a baby with low weight.Still now also many biomedical researches are doing investigations to learn about the public health issues related with low birth weight.

3) * Begin the prenatal supervision in the initial stage of pregnancy.Meet the doctor in a correct interval of time and which will help the doctor to check the blood pressure level, development of baby and the health problems related with mother.And the understanding of health problems in the early time will helps to solve it.

* keeping a good weight gain and consumption of health-giving foods.

* Consumption of alcohol and the cigarette smoking should be stopped at the time when started carrying a baby.Decrease the stress giving works and situations and all the pregnant women should sleep enough to get a good baby with good weight.

In the country level,

- There are many social security organizations for enhancing the health care visits.

- Development in perinatal supervision in places with less coverage.

- Food supply organizations for the providing the foods in the places with food scarcity.

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