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What percentage of multiple births in the United States are low birth weight (LBW)?
58%
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What percentage of US infants are born preterm?
12.3
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What is the infant mortality rate in the United States?
6.77%
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FAMILY
Fundamental social unit
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Responsibilty of the Family
- *socialization of its members
- *transmits cultural background
- *core values
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What are the five categories of families?
- 1) Married parents
- 2) Married-Blended family
- 3) Cohabitating parents
- 4) Single-Parent family
- 5) No-Parent family
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What are the two types of Nuclear Families?
Married-parent families & Married-blended families
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What percentage of American families are considered to be married-parent families?
64%
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Cohabitating-parent families are most common among which ethnic group?
Hispanics
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Which type of family is most vulnerable economically & socially?
Single-parent families
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Which type of model should a perinatal nurse choose?
Health-promoting (especially for low risk families)
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What is the goal of the Health Belief Model?
Reduce cultural and environmental barriers that interfere with access to health care.
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CULTURE
guides how a person reacts to illness, pain, invasive procedures, emotional expressions
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SUBCULTURE
smaller cultural group within each culture
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ACCULTURATION
changes of one's cultural pattern to those of the hose society, but may revert to old patterns during times of stress.
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ASSIMILATION
Becoming like the dominant culture
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ETHNOCENTRISM
belief that one's own cultural way of doing things is the best.
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CULTURAL COMPETENCE
- *personal insight into reality of disparity between one's own culture and that of client *the ability to understand behaviors of clients from their own unique cultural backgrounds.
- *the ability to take abstract knowledge about other cultures and apply it in practice.
- *the ability to communicate respect for wide range of differences including nontraditional healing practices and alternative therapies
- *recognition of the importance of culturally different communication styles, problem solving techniques, concepts of space and time, desires to be involved with care decisions.
- *plan effective care anticipating varying degrees of language ability and literacy.
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What factors are responsible for the growing demand for home care?
- *interest in family birthing alternatives
- *shortened hospital stays
- *new technologies that facilitate home-based assessment and treatment
- *reimbursement by third-party payers
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