What is kangaroo care?
What will be an ideal response?
Kangaroo care refers to the practice of putting preterm babies on a caregiver's chest in skin-to-skin contact. This is soothing for both the caregiver and baby and has a number of beneficial health effects: regulates body functions, increases weight gain, reduces crying, increases sleep, and is correlated with lower mortality.
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Although it is certainly an unusual source of data for researchers, some have looked at Playboy centerfolds and Miss America Beauty pageant contestants. How is this research relevant to eating disorders?
a. The emphasis on thinness is a relatively recent phenomenon in the last 20 years. b. These women's facial features indicated they had dieted beyond the point of medical safety. c. Between 1959 and 1988, their ratio of weight to height for these groups declined dramatically. d. In their interviews, almost all of these women gave subtle clues suggesting they were in deep conflict concerning weight control.
Psychological tests a. pertain only to overt behavior
b. always have right or wrong answers. c. do not attempt to measure traits. d. measure characteristics of human behavior.
When describing the birth of her son Tyler, Liv says, "The coolest part was when the physician put the suction cup on Tyler's head and pulled him out during my contraction.". Given this description, Liv appears to have undergone a
a. vacuum extraction. b. breech birth. c. forceps delivery. d. Cesarean section.
Who has the greatest risk of sudden infant death syndrome?
a. ?Kris, a nine-month-old white male b. ?Maria, a six-month-old Hispanic female c. ?Lara, a one-month-old white female d. ?John, a four-month-old African American male