BRAZIL: No More Angel Babies on the Alto
What was Nancy Sheper- Hughes goal when returning to Alto Do Cruzeiro?
“My goal was to study women’s lives, specifically mother love and child death under dire conditions”
What would women do to avoid shame if pregnant and unmarried?
What would women do to avoid shame if pregnant and unmarried?
What is considered to be one of the biggest tragedy of humanity?
The daily deaths of thousands of children.
What is soro?
A way to feed an infant. It is a mixture of sugar and water.
Is an avocado a vegetable?
NO
How do the beliefs about children's behavior/personality in Alto differ from traditional American beliefs?
How do the beliefs about children's behavior/personality in Alto differ from traditional American beliefs?
What was the ratio of live births to the maternal mortality rate in 2010 in Indonesia?
220 for every 100,000 live births
What do historians estimate is the child mortality rate before the 19th century?
50%
What is passive infanticide?
The babies thought of a “survivors” were nurtured and the ones that were ill were left to die
what animal cant jump
elephant
What factors contributed to the reproductive transition in Brazil?
Change in democracy( the different presidents and the programs they installed). Public Health programs: the installation of water pipes reaching nearly all the homes with sufficient clean water. The change in the catholic church and how many Brazilians identified with it.
Why wasnt there access to the roads throughout the months of April and May? Give all reasons.
seasonal flooding, landslides and damage to roads.
What region of the world do children have the best chance of survival?
European Union because their mortality rate is less than 1%
How does the registration for infant and child death differ in an environment with high mortality rates?
It is very informal, rapid, and incomplete. It requires no documentations, takes less than 5 minutes, does not need any witnesses, no questions are asked, and you are able to get a baby coffin voucher for free.
Are zebras black with white stripes or white with black stripes?
Black with white stripes.
What happened to the birth rate and child mortality rate in the 1990’s? records showed a completed birth rate of 3.2 children per woman, and a mortality rate of 35 per 1,000 births?
a drop from 110 per 1,000 in the 1960s.
How much is the fine for giving birth at home in indonesia? (IDR and USD)
IDR 250,000 or 500,000 USD 25 or 50
What is the mission of Our World In Data?
To make data and research that was previously locked, inaccessible, or hidden available to help solve problems and make progress.
Why are women of Alto not considered to have “motherly love”?
Through all their grief and the infant mortality rate being so high, many women lose their babies at such a high rate, which causes many of them to allow their baby to die. They also do not visit the grave sight, which is just used again in a couple months time.
True or false, purple is the best color.
False! Because there are better colors.
What issues does Alto still face? Drugs and gangs, schistosomiasis, chagas, and cholera?
Death Squads
How does a village go about announcing the death of an individual who has died in childbirth?
The head of the hamlet reports to the village leader, who in turn reports the death to the Sub District Leader. They then ring bells or sounds of notes on buffalo horns, plus announcements at church services.
What are ways to decrease the child mortality rate in LDCs?
Discuss.
How has the church's ceremony surrounding infant death changed in the local catholic church?
They used to celebrate richly and they no longer celebrate the death of children. They have also changed their baptismal customs and do not baptize dying babies. The mothers are told to take their sick babies home and to care for them and baptism is for the living.
Someone who has a fear of long words is known as a what?
Hippopotomostrosesquippedaliophobia.