Child Development and Public Health

Wk2Blog Assignment
Child Development and Public Health

Immunization is very meaningful to me because it affects the well-being of a human- being who can not provided for them self the necessities needed to be healthy productive individual in their community or society though out their entire life. If children and families suffer because of the lack of money or inappropriate behavior of some adults who field to get the appropriate education, training, care and support not just this economy fields, but everyone in the world will be effective by this crises mentally, physically and financially. I love all children and I take health care of an individual very serious, because the children or our future and if we as parent’s and professional don’t provide the best health care for them I can’t image what type of future we will have if everyone born doesn’t get medical treated. Can you? Why, Because I am a mother and grandmother and I couldn’t even image having to go through life knowing that I couldn’t get the proper health care for my children or grandchild. Especially if I couldn’t afford the medical cost or there wasn’t any one who was available at the time I needed health care for them who had the proper training or didn’t have the availability to perform and practice the procedure I need for my child when he or she was born to provide the appropriate support.

“In Sub-Saharan Africa children and families are affected with the highest rates of (PCEHL) which is permanent congenital and early outset of hearing loss in neonatal the newborn babies, zero-three months and infants four – twelve month old babies and child mortality. The (PCEHL) affects the psychosocial, educational, and economic, and consequences Highlights within the interrelationships between the region that causes a global burden.” 

The majority of children from birth to early development are not always provided Immunization or detected at an early age and or cased out of their home, sometimes sent to live with other relatives or society because of their disability. The reason this has taken place because of the lack of education, training or money. Some of the children who have develop an disease are taught to do arts and crafts and are not able to go to school because of their disability and some children or place on the streets to sell items they made to survive though out their adulthood. Some of the parents keep their child isolated and want bring them out in public, also, some parents disown their child or children with a disability because others think or them self might think of the child being evil.

”Evidence from the developed world suggests that many of the adverse consequences of permanent congenital and early-onset hearing loss (PCEHL) can be avoided or significantly mini-mized if these children are detected preferably in the first three months of life, and provided with auditory stimulation involving active family participation not beyond the first year of life (Watkin et al, 2007; Moeller, 2000; Kennedy et al, 2006;

Yoshinaga-Itano et al; 1998). According to research; “Sub-Saharan Africa has a population of 748.9 million spread over a land mass of 24.3 million square meters and 46 countries with wide ethnic, linguistic, religious, economic, and cultural diversity. Although, the population represents 11.4% of the world’s population, an estimated 45% or more of its people live below the poverty line, on less than US$1 a day.” 
(Priorities for early hearing detection and intervention in sub-Saharan Africa.  Olusanya, Bolajoko O. International Journal of Audiology. Sep2008)

 “The article explains about the birth patterns and routine immunization schedules in the first three months of birth that are needed to stop the diseases academic within the regions. Initiatives and early intervention is needed in the country. In other words, professionals, such as doctors, nurses and teachers are a big concern as far as current practices, there is a shortage of staff training and in the medical and educational field.”

“There is currently no reliable data on the manpower size of ear-care professionals, particularly, otolaryngologists, audiologists, speech pathologists, and teachers of the deaf in the region. In

Ideal situations, audiologists and/or ENT surgeons or physicians will be required to provide diagnostic and rehabilitative services under the coordination of a child health specialist or develop-mental pediatrician. “In Lagos State, the most developed and urbanized state in Nigeria, there are less than 25 otolaryngologists serving an estimated population of 15 million. The average period spent in an Ear, Nose, and Throat or Audiology posting by medical students is less than four weeks during their undergraduate training. Formal full-time training for audiology and speech pathology are lacking in most tertiary institutions although the country has ever all public and private universities. The only available training is offered in two universities as part-time and post-graduate diplomas for candidates in special education. In fact, there are less than 10 certified audiologists in the country and the status of training for audiologists has not shown any

Material improvement since the report by Eleweke (1997).”
(Priorities for early hearing detection and intervention in sub-Saharan Africa.  Olusanya, Bolajoko O. International Journal of Audiology. Sep2008)

 “ According to research; it is a proven fact that many of the countries with the highest burden of maternal, infant, and child mortality also account for corresponding proportions of developmentally disadvantaged children globally, excluding sensory disabilities for which reliable data are only just emerging(Grantham-McGregor et al, 2007). About 180 000 babies are born with or acquire permanent hearing loss (40 dBHL) in the first weeks of life in sub-Saharan Africa annually (based on an estimated incidence of 6 per 1000 live births), compared to 22 000 44 000 babies in all the industrialized countries combined (based an estimated incidence of 24 per 1000) (Olusanya & Newton, 2007; UNICEF, 2007;Smith et al, 2005).”
(Priorities for early hearing detection and intervention in sub-Saharan Africa.  Olusanya, Bolajoko O. International Journal of Audiology. Sep2008)

I learned from the information I read it can impact my future world as a teacher if children and families are not able to comprehend or function because of poor health they can’t learn. It truly hurt me as a individual and as a professional if I can’t identify are provided the appropriate support to detect or any health concerns involving the child will cause them suffer from cognitive, linguistic, and psychosocial development. In other words, failure to identify any health related problem at birth or early in life impacts children and families to perform and function in their entire life course crucially impacts me trying to teach them to perform successfully in education and vocational training because they wouldn’t be able to perform to their best abilities if they were unhealthy. I wouldn’t have a job if I couldn’t provide the appropriate services to the children and their families. It is my responsibility as an individual, parent and professional to be able to detect or provided update information and report information concerning any health issues that involves the children and families in my care.