Explain the level of infant and child mortality found

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Assignment

Populations are considered at greater health risk when there is high child and infant mortality. Brain development in infants and young children requires dietary resources to ensure cognitive development. Health disparities result in infectious disease being more prevalent among the poor.

1. Select a specific at risk and vulnerable population to research by finding a study related to the healthcare and food access available to them. (Infant and children mortality in Kenya)

2. Discuss the level of infant and child mortality found in that population.

3. Include poverty and education statistics that you find.

4. Are there lessons that can be learned and applied to Saudi Arabia's population? (in comparison to Kenya)

- Write 2 pages in APA style.
- Use intext citations of scholarly articles.
- You can use the following sites to guide you:

WHO Kenya.

Demombynes, G., &Trommlerová, S. K. (2016). What has driven the decline of infant mortality in Kenya in the 2000s?.Economics & Human Biology, 21, 17-32.

Kwena, A. M. (2016). Protein-energy malnutrition in two cohorts of children in a malaria endemic region of western Kenya. Pakistan Journal of Medical Research, 55(2), 35.

Osano, B. O., Were, F., & Mathews, S. (2017). Mortality among 5-17 year old children in Kenya. The Pan African medical journal, 27.

Kimani-Murage, E. W., Fotso, J. C., Egondi, T., Abuya, B., Elungata, P., Ziraba, A. K., ... &Madise, N. (2014). Trends in childhood mortality in Kenya: the urban advantage has seemingly been wiped out. Health & place, 29, 95-103.

Omariba, D. W. R., Beaujot, R., &Rajulton, F. (2007). Determinants of infant and child mortality in Kenya: an analysis controlling for frailty effects. Population Research and Policy Review, 26(3), 299-321.

Mutunga, C. J. (2011). Environmental determinants of child mortality in Kenya. In Health Inequality and Development (pp. 89-110). Palgrave Macmillan, London.

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