Part I: Indirect Care Experience Develop a pamphlet to inform parents and caregi
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Part I: Indirect Care Experience
Develop a pamphlet to inform parents and caregivers about environmental factors that can affect the health of infants.
Use the "Pamphlet Template" document to help you create your pamphlet. Include the following:
Select an environmental factor that poses a threat to the health or safety of infants.
Explain how the environmental factor you selected can potentially affect the health or safety of infants.
Offer recommendations on accident prevention and safety promotion as they relate to the selected environmental factor and the health or safety of infants.
Offer examples, interventions, and suggestions from evidence-based research. A minimum of three scholarly resources are required.
Provide readers with two community resources, a national resource, and a Web-based resource. Include a brief description and contact information for each resource.
In developing your pamphlet, take into consideration the healthcare literacy level of your target audience.
Part II: Direct Care Experience
Share the pamphlet you have developed with a parent of an infant child. The parent may be a person from your neighborhood, a parent of an infant from a child-care center in your community, or a parent from another organization, such as a church group with which you have an affiliation.
Provide a written summary of the teaching / learning interaction. Include in your summary:
Demographical information of the parent and child (age, gender, ethnicity, educational level).
Description of parent response to teaching.
Assessment of parent understanding.
Your impressions of the experience; what went well, what can be improved.
Submit Part I and Part II of the Accident Prevention and Safety Promotion for Parents and Caregivers of Infants assignment by the end of Topic 1.
In addition to submitting this assignment in the LoudCloud dropbox, email a copy of your submission to RNBSNclientcare@gcu.edu.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
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Explanation / Answer
Children are more at risk from environmental health threats than adults because of several
factors:
• Infants and children are still growing inside. Their organs are still young and may be harmed by chemicals and other dangers.
• Children take in more air, food, and liquids per pound than adults. That means they can take in more harmful substances than adults.
• Children crawl, play on the floor, put their hands in their mouths and spend a lot of time outdoors.
There are a variety of environmental factors that can impact children’s health. This pamplett
focuses on ten specific topics, providing basic information about how the pollutant can impact
health and how parents and caregivers can protect children.
Lead Poisoning
The effects of lead poisoning from lead paint, pipes, plumbing fittings and fixtures, and
other sources can cause IQ deficiencies, learning disabilities, impaired hearing, reduced
attention spans, hyperactivity, decreased growth and even brain damage in children,
especially children under 6. There are many things that can be done to protect children
from lead poisoning. Damage can be limited if the problem is found early.
Pesticides
Pesticides can poison children and may even cause cancer. Proper use and storage of these
substances can greatly reduce the risks to children. Using chemical pesticides as a last
resort can help you avoid possible exposure to your children.
Toxic Household Chemicals
Like pesticides, many of the cleaning products and chemicals found in our homes can
poison children. To limit the risk to children, always store these products out of their
reach. In many cases, non-toxic products can be used in place of toxic household
chemicals.
Polluted Water and Contaminated Fish
Children drink more water for their size than adults, and their immune systems are not yet
fully developed. Given these factors, it is extremely important to insure that your water
supply is safe. If a family uses a private water system, like a well, the water should be
tested at least once per year. Steps should be taken to prevent contamination of the water
supply. For families who receive water from a public system, it is important to understand
where that water comes from and how it is treated. Public water systems must prepare and
distribute annual water quality reports each year. Parents should take the time to read the
report, and call to ask questions. Exposure to methyl mercury from eating contaminated
fish can also damage a child’s developing nervous system. Parents should always be
aware of and follow fish consumption advisories. Swim advisories and beach closings are
also issued to protect human health, and should always be followed.
Carbon Monoxide
Children are at increased risk from carbon monoxide because of their higher metabolisms.
Proper installation and maintenance of combustion appliances can help eliminate this
danger. A carbon monoxide detector can help protect families from high levels of carbon
monoxide in their homes by providing a warning.
Asbestos Fibers
Asbestos can cause cancer. Once the fibers are in children’s lungs there is no way to
remove them. Asbestos that is in good condition is not dangerous. If it is disturbed or is
deteriorating, the effects can be deadly. Asbestos was once widely used by the
construction industry as insulation, and in a variety of consumer products. It was also
widely used in school buildings until the 1970’s.
Asthma and Air Pollution
Asthma has become the most common chronic childhood disease in the United States.
Precautions taken in the home can reduce air pollution, thereby lowering the risks of
asthma attacks in children. Outdoor air pollution can also trigger asthma attacks, so
parents need to know how to limit their children’s exposure to outdoor air pollution.
Radon Gas
Radon gas enters the home through cracks in the foundation. It is the second leading cause
of lung cancer. Different parts of the country have different levels of radon. Data from
testing laboratories indicate that approximately 17 to 25% of Kentucky homes tested had
radon levels above what is considered healthy. Testing the home is easy and inexpensive.
Tobacco Smoke
Tobacco smoke can cause chronic respiratory conditions and has been linked to sudden
infant death syndrome (SIDS). It is important for parents to know the dangers to children,
and to protect children from environmental tobacco smoke.
Sun – Getting Too Much
Overexposure to the sun as a child increases the risk of skin cancer in later life and can
impair the immune system as well as damage the eyes. There are simple guidelines parents
need to follow to keep children safe.
Purpose: This pamplett is designed to communicate information to parents and caregivers about
environmental health risks for children, and how children might be exposed. This materials also share tips about what can be done to reduce or eliminate the risks.
Objectives:It contains a lot of information about environmental health risks to children.
- Realize that environmental hazards affect children in different ways than how they affect adults, and that children’s behavior often puts them at greater risk to environmental hazards.
- Understand that lead is dangerous to your children even though you cannot see, taste, or smell it.
-Recognize the importance of having your home, water, and children tested for lead.
-Become knowledgeable about what you can do in your home to reduce the risks of lead poisoning from lead paint, pipes, fittings and fixtures.
- Realize that safe use and storage of pesticides and toxic household chemicals is imperative to your child’s health.
-Understand the importance of having the phone number of the Poison Control Center posted on your telephone.
-Learn about pest prevention techniques and safe chemicals that can be tried before resorting to pesticides and hazardous chemicals.
-Comprehend the importance of washing and peeling fruits and vegetables before feeding them to children and limiting the use of pesticides on your own garden.
- Become familiar with your drinking water source, whether it is private or public.
-Understand the importance of properly installing and venting combustion appliances to minimize indoor air pollution.
-Become knowledgeable about how you can lower the risk from carbon monoxide to your child.
-Learn whether your home or your child’s school contains asbestos.
-Recognize how dangerous it is for your child to be around deteriorating or disturbed asbestos.
-Learn the value of keeping your child indoors on days with high ozone levels or high pollen counts.
-Understand how you can reduce triggers of asthma attacks for your child by keeping your home clean, pets outdoors, and observing a no smoking policy.
the part 11 -direct care experience is an experience gained directly in field by the student while interacting with the parents...It is a practical experience the student should derive on there own.