IMMUNIZATIONS

Public Health refers to the welness on an entire populaion. Measles, whooping cough, pneumonia and other illnesses were once familiar chilhood killers. Children are now protected by immunizations which primes the body's immune system to resist a specific contagious disease. Immuizatons protects children not only from diseases but also from serious complicaions including deafness, blindness, sterility and meningitis. Each vacinated child stops the spead of the disease and helps protects others. Parents dont always make sure their children get vacciated on the recommended schedule.(Berger 2009)

In Japan it is recommended that in the first year you recieve six injections and only three more in the second year. While in the US it is recommended that you recieve 13 to 15 shots in the first year. Infants may recieve the third Hep B and the third IPV shot in the first year. Seven more shots are required in the second year. I strongly support the importance of immunizations. Its very essential to a childs health that they recieve proper immunizations on time.

References:
Berger, K. (2009). The developing person through childhood (5th ed.). New York, NY: Worth Publishers.
Retrieved September 20,2011

Birthing Experience

I don’t have a birthing experience of my own to share but I can remember my older sister when she gave birth to my nephew. He was born at 23 weeks and was not expected to live. After one heart surgery and four months on a breathing machine he was released and able to come home. He has had a successful development and has no problems at all. As he was in the doctor the nurses were so nice to my sister and explained everything to her making sure that she understood every step. He is now an eight year old full of energy. He did have a multidirectional growth. When he first came home he was in and out the hospital. He would be doing very well and then begin to fail all of the sudden.

As I research prenatal care in Brazil and South Africa, I was shocked to find out that both are multiracial society with a history of race related legislation that could affect medical care utilization. Researchers suggest that although state-sanctioned racism may help to explain the greater racial inequality in stunting in South Africa than in Brazil, reducing the disadvantage for non-Whites in South Africa and Brazil will depend on reducing fundamental inequalities in the distribution of socioeconomic resources and medical services that characterize many nations.(Burgard Sarah.2004)

References: Burgard, Sarah. 2004. "Race and Pregnancy-Related Care in Brazil and South Africa." Social Science and Medicine, 59(6): 1127-1146.