The person I know that did deal with many stressors as a child was my dad and the main stressor he dealt with was poverty as a child. He grew up in a household of 10 children including himself plus my grandma and grandpa in Tchula, Mississippi. My dad told me when he was a child they did not have a lot of money and that he and his siblings had only a few pairs of clothing and shoes to get them by. They had an outfit for school and a few outfits for play. He did mention one thing that stuck out to me was that his parents could only afford to buy them all one pair of shoes each which was a pair of dress shoes they needed for school, my dad said that his dress shoes got so worn out that he had to put cardboard and tape at the bottom to cover the holes. This was so sad to hear what he had to go through but he said he was taught by his parents to appreciate what they do have. My dad said he never complained he would work extra hard to keep the things he did have in good condition because he knew he would not get another pair to replace the things he messed up because his parents couldn't afford it. He said this taught him to appreciate everything in life and it made him a better person and he worked extra hard to make sure that all of his children, me and my siblings never had to go through that and I am grateful for that.
Stress on Children in Africa
Many children in Africa seem to deal with a lot of different stressors from their economy and one happens to be disease. Children in Africa face many different challenges and things that can cause disease to them such as clean drinking water and environment. Many families in Africa suffer from poverty which in turn makes them unable to always provide clean drinking water for their children. The rate of death among children has decreased over time in regards to disease and poverty, but there is still a long way to go. In places like Kenya and Uganda poverty is a very complex problem. In Uganda the access to clean water can be scarce and families usually have to travel a great distance to get clean water supply. So a program was launched in Uganda in the Wakiso District child fund to give families water jars so that they do not have to travel so far to get clean water. Clean water was also a problem in Gambia until recently families use to have to rely on unclean and overused water. The child fund for the child development centers in Sibanor got funding from the world bank and local partners to construct a water pyramid which collected rainwater for the families and children in Uganda. The water pyramid has really helped the people of Uganda, it provides more that 1,320 gallons of water to the people and children daily. Although children still do suffer from many diseases that cannot be prevented in Africa there are many child funds and partners who work to collect funds through monthly giving partners that can help to fund more programs and different things to help with the poverty and disease.
Resource:
https://www.childfund.org/Assessing-the-Burden-of-Disease-in-Africa/
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Week 2 Child Development and Public Health.
Nutrition/Malnutrition
The reason why I chose the topic of nutrition/Malnutrition was because It is a very important topic today. It is very important for parents to provide nutritious meals to their children, even if you cannot afford it there are programs out that do support people such as WIC, this is a very popular program for new and existing mothers. This program helps to provide the assistance needed to get those healthy and nutritious meals for children in need. The affects that malnutrition can have on a child can be very dangerous and life threatening. Malnutrition happens when the body does not consume enough food to help aid in the growth of the human being. It is important for children to have healthy and nutritious meals daily because that is the time when we are growing the most when we are a child, what children eat affect their growth tremendously. Malnutrition is something that does not only happen in the United states but I happens all over the world in places such as china....
Malnutrition In China
The children of rural china face a variety of Different issues that are non existent in the cities and one of the issues happens to be malnutrition. Unicef estimates that 12.7 million children are stunted in china and this is due to a serious lack of nutrition for the children. This is a long term affect that happens mostly for children during early childhood. There are many areas of china that seem to be in a struggle for poverty and it seems to be unbreakable. This is one of main reasons for the malnutrition in children, The families simply cannot afford to keep their children healthy. Many parents in china often do not mind spending the money on the food but they don't know the importance nutrition is for children, whereas in America we know the importance and most of the parents just cannot afford it.
What I learned from this weeks blog assignment is how important it is for children to be healthy. Going into teaching children it will also be my responsibility to provide food for the children. Being able to provide nutritious meals on my end as well as expressing the importance to the parents of how important it is to provide nutritious meals will be a duty of mine. I know that the growth of a child is important and making sure that they grow healthy is key.
Resource:
"Malnutrition Plagues Children of Rural China." (2014) http://borgenproject.org/malnutrition-plagues-children-rural-china/. Bridget Tobin.
The reason why I chose the topic of nutrition/Malnutrition was because It is a very important topic today. It is very important for parents to provide nutritious meals to their children, even if you cannot afford it there are programs out that do support people such as WIC, this is a very popular program for new and existing mothers. This program helps to provide the assistance needed to get those healthy and nutritious meals for children in need. The affects that malnutrition can have on a child can be very dangerous and life threatening. Malnutrition happens when the body does not consume enough food to help aid in the growth of the human being. It is important for children to have healthy and nutritious meals daily because that is the time when we are growing the most when we are a child, what children eat affect their growth tremendously. Malnutrition is something that does not only happen in the United states but I happens all over the world in places such as china....
Malnutrition In China
The children of rural china face a variety of Different issues that are non existent in the cities and one of the issues happens to be malnutrition. Unicef estimates that 12.7 million children are stunted in china and this is due to a serious lack of nutrition for the children. This is a long term affect that happens mostly for children during early childhood. There are many areas of china that seem to be in a struggle for poverty and it seems to be unbreakable. This is one of main reasons for the malnutrition in children, The families simply cannot afford to keep their children healthy. Many parents in china often do not mind spending the money on the food but they don't know the importance nutrition is for children, whereas in America we know the importance and most of the parents just cannot afford it.
What I learned from this weeks blog assignment is how important it is for children to be healthy. Going into teaching children it will also be my responsibility to provide food for the children. Being able to provide nutritious meals on my end as well as expressing the importance to the parents of how important it is to provide nutritious meals will be a duty of mine. I know that the growth of a child is important and making sure that they grow healthy is key.
Resource:
"Malnutrition Plagues Children of Rural China." (2014) http://borgenproject.org/malnutrition-plagues-children-rural-china/. Bridget Tobin.
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