Question

Conduct a search on Google for recent news articles about developmental diseases or childhood diseases. Hint: put your selected term in quotation marks then click the “News” tab below the search field.

Select and read an article from the last 36 months. Prepare a summary (recommended word count 300) of the article including a complete APA citation.

Answer 1

Article - Burden of childhood diseases in southern India

India has seen rapid unorganized urbanization in the past few decades. Along with urbanization the burden of childhood diseases has also increased.

According to this article there is a high burden of childhood diseases and malnutrition among urban slum dwellers in southern India. Frequent illnesses may adversely impact children’s health and development, besides placing an additional burden on families who need to seek healthcare and find resources to manage illness