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A Health Program for Pregnant Nigerian Women Les

A Health Program for Pregnant Nigerian Women

Lesson I. Preparing for a healthy baby--Preconceptual care

-- Risk assessment, health promotion, and intervention.

I. Extreme obesity or anorexia, advanced maternal age, unusual diets, economic status. This is the time for correction.

A. Women under age 19 and women over 44 have a higher percentage of pathological pregnancies.

B. Pregnancies very close together or very far apart are also at increased risk.

II. Health habits: smoking, drugs, and alcohol use

III. General medical condition: immunities, medications, genetic background, acute and chronic diseases

A. Presence of family history of diabetes, multiple pregnancies or congenital abnormalities; family history of fetal anomaly, Down syndrome, neural tube defects, hemophilia, or mental retardation.

B. Screening for sickle cell disease

C. In the mother herself is there anemia, urinary tract infection, or hypothyroidism before pregnancy? Past surgery or infectious disease?

D. Rubella test or immunization, blood studies for Rh type, screening for irregular antibodies, hemoglobin level, and venereal disease (Herpes, H.I.V.

IV. Barriers to family planning or early prenatal care: finances, demanding work, or marital discord. Note: Research shows that if there is a tendency toward wife battering, it increases during pregnancy.

A. Mineral analysis and cholesterol level

B. Hepatitis B. Women at high risk include women with liver disease, prostitutes, drug users, women with tatoos, and women with a background of blood transfusion or renal dialysis.

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