Considers the effect of birth weight, with infants having a very low or low birth weight (VLBW or LBW) on intelligence and development in later years.
2,169 words (approx. 8.7 pages) |
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APA | 2005
Paper Summary:
This report introduces the issue of low birth weight and its effects on intelligence, conducts a literature review using extant textual sources in peer reviewed and medical journals, reaches conclusions through comparing these portrayals and presents recommendations for future research before presenting, in the conclusion, a summary of the issues presented.
Introduction
Issue under investigation
Literature Review
Recommendation
Conclusion
From the Paper:
"The issue under investigation is low birth weight (LBW) in infants and its effects on intelligence and development using both cognitive and biophysical models of development. LBW infants are also often called pre-term infants in the extant literature on the subject. "Low birth weight (LBW, [is less than or equal to] 2500 g) preterm infants are widely reported to be at increased risk for developmental disabilities, with the risk increasing as birth weight decreases.[1-6] Almost universally, the increased morbidity reported for LBW children has been based on methods defining various outcomes for them as a group and examining the statistical effects of various factors on these group outcomes. However, LBW infants are also known to be a very heterogeneous group, both in biomedical and sociodemographic characteristics and in developmental outcome" (Koller et al., 1997)."
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"Effect of Low Birth Weight on Intelligence" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Effect-of-Low-Birth-Weight-on-Intelligence/57746>
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