Cognitive Healthcare And Mental Development

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Introduction
This report addresses the topic of smoking at the time of pregnancy. There are a
number of complications that can arise if a women smokes at the time of pregnancy. It can
also harm the unborn child. The inhalation of nicotine, carbon monoxide and other gases
directly goes to the bloodstream of the mother directly reaching to the baby (Wagijo et al.
2017). Thus, there is a need to prevent the phenomenon of smoking at the time of pregnancy.
If a women smokes at the time of pregnancy then might lower the amount of oxygen that is
available to both the mother and the growing baby. It also increases the chance of
miscarriage, affects the cognitive and mental development of the baby. All these factors
contributes to the sudden death of the infants (Suzuki et al. 2014).
Thus, the main aim of the paper is to identify the reasons for smoking among the
pregnant women and also to develop certain models and settings that will help the smokers to
quit smoking. The paper also provides justification and rationale behind such an approach
that is taken for the prevention of smoking among the pregnant women (Simons et al. 2014).
It is important to note that the application of the intervention is carried out a healthcare
setting that is relevant to the situations faced by the pregnant women and is thus relatable to
them.
Discussion
In a number of developed countries there is a huge increase in the rate of smoking
during pregnancy. It is considered as one of the most important and preventable risk for the
unsuccessful outcome of pregnancy. Smoking is related to the restriction of the growth of the
fetus, stillbirth, premature birth, and sudden death of the infant. Smoking at the time of
pregnancy also increases the risk of abortions, ectopic pregnancy, along with increased risk

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of behavioral disorder in the child (Wagijo et al. 2017). Thus, smoking is an important risk
that might harm the unborn child at the time of pregnancy.
The risk of continuous smoking at the time of smoking is higher in women who are
not educated and are less aware of the side effects of smoking during pregnancy. Women
who have low age at the time of beginning of smoking are exposed to passive smoking in
their home and are thus likely to smoke at the time of pregnancy as well (Smedberg et al.
2014). As it is noted that the women are aware and concerned about the health state of the
child and the crisis that can be faced at the time of pregnancy thus, there is the development
of various frameworks or health settings for the reduction of smoking.
The intervention for the reduction of smoking includes a prenatal care before the
delivery of the child. During the prenatal care the nurses guided the mother about the dangers
and risks associated with smoking at the time of pregnancy (Curtin and Matthews 2016). This
way they encouraged them to quit smoking and also guided them in the manner in which they
should quit smoking. The care also included a training session that included a monitoring on
the level of smoking, visits to the hospital and the use of the support for the cessation of
smoking.
Rationale
The rationale behind the use of the prenatal care for the cessation of smoking among
the pregnant mothers included the fact that if the mothers are put forward into a routine
activity it will affect their mental and physical state. Thus the prenatal care is a type of
intervention that guides the mothers to be aware of the health issues related to smoking
(Curtin and Matthews 2016). It can affect the cognitive ability of the unborn child and thus
there is a need for the development of a proper healthcare setting that can affect improve the
clinical state of the mothers.