Discuss factors important to the general health of infants ...

[KWilfred]

Discuss factors important to the general health of infants including nutrition, immunization, illness, infection, safety and injury, poverty and housing and mental health.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Give a detailed evaluation of the following infant care setting: Mr. and Mrs. Carter are a retired couple who care for six infants in their home. The home is clean and tidy, and the infants are kept clean and fed. However, the Carters watch television when they are not attending to the babies immediate needs. The children spend most of their time in their cribs or strapped into infant seats. Diapering and feeding are done with quiet efficiency. The space is small, and the infants have no opportunities to move about freely. The only toys are those that each child brings from home. There are no books and no large motor equipment. The walls are bare and colorless.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[Beatricemm]

Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: Good health and nutrition are basic to proper physical and motor development. Good nutrition is the basis of rapid infant growth and development. Infants have high needs for nutrients. Breast feeding is the preferred feeding method during the first six months. Obesity is major child health problem, which can have its origins in infancy. A number of health-related issues must be addressed with infants. Parents need to begin infant immunizations on schedule. Care should be taken not to expose infants to crowds where they might get RSV. Adult hand washing is one of the best protectors of infant health. Adults are responsible for providing infants with an environment that is safe from hazards that may cause illness or injury. An increasing number of dangers to child health are being identified, such as the effects of prenatal substance abuse by mothers, AIDSinfected mothers, exposure to passive smoke inhalation, abusive and violent environments that threaten mental health, less-than adequate housing, and diseases transmitted in child care settings. Adults also need to take preventive measures to avoid infant injuries. Poverty underlies many of the dangers to infant health. The child who is malnourished or in poor physical health because of illness or disease cannot function either physically or mentally to capacity. The adult who works with young children needs
to be well-informed regarding nutrition and other health factors

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: Answers should demonstrate the detailed application of the infant motor development assessment.

[KWilfred]

Excellent

[kswal303]

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