In the United States alone, more than five million children suffer from asthma. As a part of this event, GINA announced an agenda for action for parents, physicians, public authorities and national organizations to collaborate to address childhood asthma. Instead, the women's own reports of poor financial status, health status or activity limitations due to illness are more reliable in diagnosing depression. The authors stress that pediatricians are in a prime position to identify symptoms of depression in inner city mothers when they bring their children in for pediatric primary care visits. Also asking about level of education and receiving public assistance may be helpful.
Pediatricians can ask about the mother's health status.
Mothers with medical conditions, particularly those with activity limitations are at higher risk for depressive symptoms. Heneghan, Amy M., et al. Researchers from the Urban Institute analyzed three nationally representative household surveys of unmarried young men to examine how attitudes and educational experiences influence changes in sexual and reproductive risk-taking behavior. More conservative attitudes and increased exposure to AIDS education were both found to be significantly associated with the decreases in sexual activity among adolescent males. When asked how they would respond to an unplanned pregnancy, young men increasingly reported that they would have and support the baby rather than choose abortion, adoption, or marriage.