Public health and pregnancy

Question 1

Public health

Answer 1

Science and art preventing disease and prolonging life and promoting health through society

Question 2

Public health considerations

Answer 2

Public vs individual, epidemiology of disease/health (identify causes and risk factors for health), role of socio-economic status and wider determinants of health, impact of inequalities in health, collective responsibility for health

Question 3

Still born

Answer 3

Dead at birth

Question 4

Peri-natal death

Answer 4

Still birth and live born deaths within 7 days

Question 5

Neonatal deaths

Answer 5

Live borns, deaths under 28 days

Question 6

Post-neonatal deaths

Answer 6

Live born deaths 28 days to a year

Question 7

Infant mortality

Answer 7

Death within a year

Question 8

How much does smoking in pregnancy increase mortality by?

Answer 8

40%

Question 9

BMI impact on women

Answer 9

Increased risk of miscarriage
Gestational diabetes
Breastfeeding

Question 10

BMI impact on foetus

Answer 10

Increased risk of stillbirth
Metabolic abnormalities
Developmental abnormalities

Question 11

BMI impact on children

Answer 11

Diabetes

Obesity

Question 12

Socio-economic, cultural and environmental conditions

Answer 12

Poverty, policy (maternity leave, benefits), social class structure,
wages, social inclusion, political authority, conflict, infrastructure,
social norms