Challenges and Strategies in Maternal and Infant Health Care

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Introduction
Educating pregnant women has been positively associated with desirable maternal and infant healthcare outcomes. Educated pregnant women are more likely to be healthier than their illiterate counterparts. They can better take care of their infants and children because they are knowledgeable about health and nutrition. Healthcare providers are expected to guide pregnant women on improving the child’s healthcare outcomes, especially during the postpartum period.
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Healthy People.gov. (2021, August 27). Maternal, Infant, and Child Health. Retrieved from /2020/topics-objectives/topic/maternal-infant-and-child-health
This article by Healthy People 2020 presents information about the importance, determinants, and emerging maternal and child health issues. The article reveals that improving maternal and child health in the United States is crucial because their health affects the health of future generations. It also reveals that access to healthcare, health insurance coverage, and economic opportunities, among others, affect maternal and child health. Some key issues identified in the article include racial disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of infertility and the use of a “life course” approach to reducing disparities.
The article draws from data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as other credible journals relating to maternal and child health. It offers insights on what has been done and what needs to be done to improve maternal and child health.
Herval, A., Oliveira, D., Gomes, V., & Vargas, A. (2019). Health education strategies targeting maternal and child health: A scoping review of educational methodologies. Medicine (Baltimore), 98(26). https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000016174
This article examines health education strategies that can be used to improve maternal and child health. The authors conduct a scoping review of research studies from various databases. The review reveals that education strategies applied before, during, and after the pregnancy are the most effective. Also, different educational strategies yield different outcomes, and as such, healthcare professionals need to identify and use those strategies that work best for individual patients.
This article is a valuable source of information for any project to improve maternal and child health because it synthesizes evidence from various studies.
Irving, D. (2021, July 1). Reducing disparities in infant mortality: Using big data to help babies at risk. Retrieved from Rand Corporation: /blog/rand-review/2021/07/reducing-disparities-in-infant-mortality-using-big.html
The author at the Rand Corporation presents an investigation of maternal and child health in the Pittsburgh area and indicates that this information represents America’s maternal and child health. The article reveals that black babies are more likely to die than white babies. Drawing on big data collected from the Pittsburgh area, the author reveals that identifying individual risk factors and providing early interventions can help imp...