NHM 340 Final Exam Modules 9-12
questions well answered 2025/2026
Effects of nutrition extend from one generation to the next as evident during Pregnancy -
correct answer ✔✔Fetus may develop poorly
• Infants are more likely to be ill
• Learning abilities and/or physical development may be impaired
• Infant mortality rate (IMR) - correct answer ✔✔• Number of infant deaths under one year of
age per 1000 births
• Used as indicator of health status
• U.S. rates are higher than many other industrialized countries
• More than twice as high in black than in white infants
Birth weight and length of gestation - correct answer ✔✔• Primary indicators of the infant's
future health status
Low birthweight (LBW) - correct answer ✔✔A body weight at birth of less than 5 1/2 pounds
(2,500 grams).
Low birthweight (LBW) is a major contributor to ? - correct answer ✔✔• More likely to
experience complications during delivery
• Increased risk for physical and mental complications
• Major contributor to infant mortality
National Goals for Maternal and Infant Health:
, Healthy People 2020 - correct answer ✔✔• Goals and recommendations designed to improve
the
nutrition and health status of mothers and infants
• Focuses on mortality
• Addresses risk factors
• Examines incidence of developmental disabilities and folate
intake
Healthy People 2010 Final Review
Improvement in the following areas: - correct answer ✔✔• Small decline in infant mortality
rates for Hispanics, whites, blacks
• Incidence of neural tube defects has decreased
• Increase in breastfeeding by women in all racial and ethnic groups
• Continued decline in smoking during pregnancy
Healthy People 2010 Final Review
•No progress or reverse direction: - correct answer ✔✔• Maternal death for African-American
women
• Iron deficiency
• Low birth weight
Healthy People 2010 Final Review
• Key areas on which to focus - correct answer ✔✔Ensure the capacity for tracking the effects of
welfare reform on the
availability and utilization of prenatal care
• Streamline eligibility requirements for maternal and infant programs to
increase participation
questions well answered 2025/2026
Effects of nutrition extend from one generation to the next as evident during Pregnancy -
correct answer ✔✔Fetus may develop poorly
• Infants are more likely to be ill
• Learning abilities and/or physical development may be impaired
• Infant mortality rate (IMR) - correct answer ✔✔• Number of infant deaths under one year of
age per 1000 births
• Used as indicator of health status
• U.S. rates are higher than many other industrialized countries
• More than twice as high in black than in white infants
Birth weight and length of gestation - correct answer ✔✔• Primary indicators of the infant's
future health status
Low birthweight (LBW) - correct answer ✔✔A body weight at birth of less than 5 1/2 pounds
(2,500 grams).
Low birthweight (LBW) is a major contributor to ? - correct answer ✔✔• More likely to
experience complications during delivery
• Increased risk for physical and mental complications
• Major contributor to infant mortality
National Goals for Maternal and Infant Health:
, Healthy People 2020 - correct answer ✔✔• Goals and recommendations designed to improve
the
nutrition and health status of mothers and infants
• Focuses on mortality
• Addresses risk factors
• Examines incidence of developmental disabilities and folate
intake
Healthy People 2010 Final Review
Improvement in the following areas: - correct answer ✔✔• Small decline in infant mortality
rates for Hispanics, whites, blacks
• Incidence of neural tube defects has decreased
• Increase in breastfeeding by women in all racial and ethnic groups
• Continued decline in smoking during pregnancy
Healthy People 2010 Final Review
•No progress or reverse direction: - correct answer ✔✔• Maternal death for African-American
women
• Iron deficiency
• Low birth weight
Healthy People 2010 Final Review
• Key areas on which to focus - correct answer ✔✔Ensure the capacity for tracking the effects of
welfare reform on the
availability and utilization of prenatal care
• Streamline eligibility requirements for maternal and infant programs to
increase participation
