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Teenage Pregnancy Learning Center

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All options made available to the pregnant teen should be considered carefully, including abortion, adoption, and raising the child with community or family support. Discussion with the teen may require several visits with a health care provider t...
Source:ADAM
Date:September 2, 2009
Prenatal care describes the health and supportive services provided to a woman during her pregnancy. Prenatal care generally consists of an ordered series of visits to health professionals, with the visits occurring monthly early in the pregnancy ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Prenatal care is that health care given to a pregnant woman and to the developing fetus until the time of delivery.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Achieving adequate nutritional support is difficult during cancer therapy or treatment. However, preservation of body composition and proper nutrition will help to maintain strength and may improve daily function and ability to cope with cancer th...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Medical nutrition therapy (MNT) refers to the assessment of the nutritional status of patients with an illness, diet-related condition, or injury, in order to benefit the patient's own health and reduce health-care costs. MNT includes setting goal...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Medical nutrition therapy (MNT) is the development and provision of a nutritional treatment or therapy based on a detailed assessment of a person's medical history, psychosocial history, physical examination, and dietary history. It is used to tre...
Source:Gale Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
The USDA Food Pyramid. (Illustration by Electronic Illustrators Group . Reproduced by permission.)
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
The purpose of a nutrition program in a health department is to promote the nutritional health of the residents living under the health department's jurisdiction. A public health nutritionist with a master's or doctoral degree in nutrition or a re...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Teen nutrition involves making sure that teens eat healthy foods to help them grow and develop normally, as well as to prevent obesity and future disease. Following dietary guidelines recommended by research and medical professionals supports prop...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Prior to modern medicine, many mothers and their babies did not survive pregnancy and the birth process. Today, good prenatal care can significantly improve the quality of the pregnancy and the outcome for the infant and mother. Good prenatal care...
Source:ADAM
Date:September 2, 2009
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