Description: Read Santrock textbook, Chapters 2, 3 & 4 particularly in regards to prenatal care and care for newborn infants
Pretend you work with new, expectant parents at a community health clinic. Many of the mothers and fathers you meet are young and are having their first child. As a professional in the field of child psychology and development, you have been asked to prepare a pamphlet for the office that can be distributed to expectant parents early in their prenatal care.
Instruction: For this assignment, develop a pamphlet that can offer guidance on precautions and recommendations to expectant parents. Your pamphlet should include the following types of information:
- Evidence-based information on how prenatal care benefits the expectant mother and child
- List of teratogens expectant mothers should avoid and briefly explain harmful risks from each category
- Psychoactive drugs
- Environment Hazards
- Prescription drugs
- Diseases
- Healthy recommendations for expectant mothers
- Nutritional recommendations
- Vitamin recommendations
- Exercise recommendations
- Mental health recommendations
- Recommendations for the expectant father
- What to Expect during Delivery
- Delivery options
- Birth attendants
- Identify and explain pregnancy and delivery risk factors (examples below)
- Low birth weight
- Preterm delivery
- Risks associated with age at pregnancy
- Risks associated with being overweight
- Risks from excessive mental stress
- Adjustments after the baby are born
- Post-partum depression
- Recognizing the signs
- What to do if you or someone has post-partum depression.
Your tasks:
- Address each numbered category listed above
- Use information from Santrock Chapters 2, 3, & 4
- Use evidence-based information
- Use at least three researched sources from the internet (.gov, .edu, .org) sites only
- Use APA citations and create a separate reference page in APA.
- When using information from the textbook use the following citation style (Santrock, year, page#)
- Summarize information in your own words
- Demonstrate creativity
- Use creative layout designs. Recommend using the brochure/pamphlet or newsletter template in Microsoft Word.
- Include pictures and images
- Use different fonts, font sizes, and colors
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