Week 2 Posting

Pollutants and Children a Public Health Concern Blog Assignment Week 2

The Public Health Topic I would like to share is on Environmental Pollutants. Environmental toxins within the environment impact water, air, paint many variables we each come into contact with. Moreover Children can be impacted because they come into a world where decisions are already made for them.

This topic is meaningful because I feel that we all deserve a fair chance towards health. When companies choose to put toxic pollutants into our living spaces, and people are not informed, I do not agree. I feel that it is important that people are given the opportunity to have the chance to have healthy environment and spaces to engage in This can be a broad topic, I have two nephews who are autistic, was there mother exposed to something in the water or work space? The blame is always placed on the mother but what about the environment this is why this topic is of grave significance to me.

Here is what is occurring in China with Environmental Pollutants World Pediatric Journal

China's rapid economic development has come at the cost of severe environmental degradation, most notably from coal combustion. Outdoor air pollution is associated with more than 300000 deaths, 20 million cases of respiratory illness, and a health cost of  more than 500 billion renminbi 3% of gross domestic product annually. The young are particularly susceptible to air pollution, yet there has been only limited recognition of its effects on children's health and development.

This information is vital as a future child development professional. It is important we each understand what are the influences affecting the children we serv heatlh. If we as educators do not take the time to understand how to help make young people healthy then we each are no doing our job to protect tomorrow’s future.

Week 1 Repost

Repost from week 1

I would like to first welcome everyone who is able to stop by and review my blog , I sure hope that the information I share is insightful.

When I reflect back to when my nephew was born, I remember going into the hospital three years ago getting excited to go , once arriving get scrubbed up so I was clean to be near the new born. I choose to share this experience because it is one experience , which I truly felt connected  with our family. My sister in law had a difficult pregnancy , where by she was bed ridden the last 10 weeks. Having the family present to support the birth was vital for her emotional success. I was not surprised by how many infants are born in US hospital settings because, it is a setting which is controlled and if events should unfold, Medical support is in place. I remember it being a five hour labor and then the moment came and Austin was both , crying tears powerful bond among the family. When considering the importance on the being present with family for Austin early on the support in love from the family was in place from day one to help grow a solid child.




I reviewed what practices were like for our Northern Friends in Canada,  some what similar to the us but increasing is Mid wife. The mid wide is a role which supports the mother in a natural setting. Similar the family is around but the impact in having the mother in a calm state verse a clinical hospital setting to decrease anxiety and stress for the new born. Family is vital and the the joy of a new life is similar but the practices and cultural traditions are different as with health care laws and regulations.