Health Promotion Plan on Indoor Air Pollution Effects on Infants

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Health Promotion plan on
indoor air pollution effects on
Infants

Introduction
The overall mortality of children has fallen
significantly over the years, however
environmental hazards stills kills an
estimate of 3 million children under the age
of five years, (Webb et al., 2016)
These estimates of children make
approximately about 10% of the children of
the world’s population, but consist of 40%
of these living in with environmental health
problems.

Children’s vulnerability
Infants due to their behavior size and
physiology are more vulnerable to
environmental hazards compared to adults
Fetal exposures of various chemicals often
lead to increased chances of children being
exposed to brain developmental challenges

Cont ‘
The children are constantly growing
The children immune, digestive, central
nervous system and immune system are
constantly growing
Infants behaviour is different from that of
the adults immensely
Infants further have little control on their
environment