In addition to maternal mortality rates, infant mortality and under-5 child mortality are high in low-income populations, and mitigating these issues involves promoting the health of both women and children. Throughout the world, since the landmark WHO/UNICEF Alma Ata Declaration, community health workers have been the health professionals charged with providing essential public health and health care services to women and children.
In this Assignment, you will explore the health problems faced by women, infants and children and the global health indicators used to plan the interventions and strategies to reduce the morbidity and mortality of this vulnerable population. In addition, you will examine the role of community health workers in the strategies you have researched.
Review the module Learning Resources.
Choose a low-income population (not one from this week’s Glassman readings).
Research maternal, infant, and child health morbidity and mortality in the population you have chosen.
Research strategies being used to address maternal, infant, and child health morbidity and mortality in this population. Brainstorm other words for strategies, e.g. interventions. This element may be included in the articles you found in the above search.
Download the assessment template provided in the Learning Resources to complete your Assignment.
Your response should address the following prompts:
Choose a low-income population to focus your assignment on.
Explain why women of child-bearing age, infants, and children are considered vulnerable populations.
Explain at least three health problems faced by women, infants, and children in the population you have chosen.
Explain the importance of maternal and child health indicators in global health.
Include data for maternal and child health morbidity and mortality for the population you chose.
Explain the strategies used to reduce maternal and child health morbidity and mortality, including the role of community health workers.
Support your response with at least five scholarly resources and properly cite/reference using APA 7th edition.
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5 resources within the last 5 years
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