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Social Determinant Of Infant Mortality Essay

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The social and behavioral determinant of Infant mortality in Low and Middle class countries.
Infant mortality is defined by CDC as death of babies before the age of one year. It is a significant indicator of a country’s health, social, and economic conditions because factors affecting the health of the nation can influence the mortality rate of infants. Moreover, infant mortality has a lifelong implication on individual and thus on the country development.
The analysis of infant mortality can appreciate the efforts by the governments to improve the living condition of the population.
Determinant of Infant mortality are multifactorial and involve a number of social factors that consist of the marital living, working condition, and environment condition in which pregnant mothers are living and giving birth. In addition to psychological and economic factors.
When talking about infant mortality, we judge the obstetric (maternal complication of pregnancy), and pediatric care (vaccination, birth defect) in the country.
Infant mortality is sensitive to events during pregnancy, and to the care given after delivery.
In this paper, I will be discussing in detail the social and behavioral determinant of infant mortality
Social determinant Social determinant includes as previously mentioned living and working conditions in addition to …show more content…

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