首页
登录
职称英语
Pregnancy mothers are getting a new tool to help keep themselves and their b
Pregnancy mothers are getting a new tool to help keep themselves and their b
游客
2023-07-25
58
管理
问题
Pregnancy mothers are getting a new tool to help keep themselves and their babies healthy: pregnancy tips sent directly to their cell phones.
The so-called text4baby campaign is the first free, health education program in the U.S. to harness the reach of mobile phones, according to its sponsors. Organizers say texting is an effective means of delivering wellness tips because 90 percent of people in the U.S. have cell phones.
"Especially if you start talking about low-income people, cell phones are the indispensable tool for reaching them and engaging them about their health," said Paul Meyer, president of Voxiva, a company which operates health texting programs in Africa, Latin America and India.
Studies in those countries have shown that periodic texts can reduce smoking and other unhealthy behaviors in pregnant mothers.
Meyer said the U.S. program, run by Voxiva, will be the largest health-related texting program ever undertaken.
Under the new service, mothers-to-be who text "BABY" to a specified number will receive weekly text messages, timed to their due date or their baby’s birth date. The messages, which have been scanned by government and nonprofit heahlth experts, deal with nutrition, immunization and birth defect prevention, among other topics. The messages will continue through the baby’s first birthday.
Text4baby is expected to be announced Thursday morning by officials from the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. Government officials will be publicizing the campaign in speeches and promotional materials.
Organizers hope the effort can curb premature (早产的) births, which can be caused by poor nutrition, excessive stress, smoking and drinking alcohol. About 500,000 babies are born prematurely in the U.S. each year. The nonprofit is among the sponsors of the campaign.
"The real scary thing is that we’re an industrialized nation and we’re not doing very well on infant death rate, and we know prematurity is a big part of that," said the group’s director, Judy Meehan.
Currently the U.S. ranks 30th worldwide for infant death rate, according to Meehan, behind most Western European nations.
Researchers at the George Washington University have agreed to evaluate the effectiveness of text4baby by measuring health trends for mothers and newborns. [br] The word "harness" in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by "______".
选项
A、take advantage of
B、be independent of
C、produce an effect on
D、expand the range of
答案
A
解析
根据第1段tips sent…to their cell phones和第2段第2句中的texting等信息可以推断第2段第1句中的harness意为“使用;利用”,表示text4baby是一个利用手机进行的活动,因此,本题应选A。
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2867020.html
相关试题推荐
Fewpeopledoubtthefundamentalimportanceofmothersinchild-rearing,but
Fewpeopledoubtthefundamentalimportanceofmothersinchild-rearing,but
Fewpeopledoubtthefundamentalimportanceofmothersinchild-rearing,but
[originaltext]M:Hi,Kate.Howareyougettingon?W:Hey,whatareyoudoingh
Themajorcauseof"forgetting"isfailuretolearnthematerial【B1】______in
Themajorcauseof"forgetting"isfailuretolearnthematerial【B1】______in
Themajorcauseof"forgetting"isfailuretolearnthematerial【B1】______in
Themajorcauseof"forgetting"isfailuretolearnthematerial【B1】______in
Themajorcauseof"forgetting"isfailuretolearnthematerial【B1】______in
Themajorcauseof"forgetting"isfailuretolearnthematerial【B1】______in
随机试题
TheAmericanTaxSystemGovernmentsraiserevenuest
某写字楼采用风机盘管加新风的空调方案,空调系统没有加湿功能,为了解决冬季室内过于
在个人住房贷款中,合作机构的主要风险表现形式不包括()。A.担保公司担保放
案例:教学片段:通过前面的学习,我们已经得到了异面直线的概念,即不在同一个平面
期货公司开展期货投资咨询业务时,不得()。A、向客户做获利保证,或者约定分享收
测绘地理信息主管部门审查同意提供属于国家秘密的基础测绘成果的,应当以书面形式将测
房地产经纪机构的各家门店或分支机构可使用其品牌、标识和系统,并在统一的业务模式下
患儿女,5个月。高热40℃5天,烦躁不安,抽搐3次,左外耳道积脓,左乳突处压痛。
共用题干 患儿,女,8个月,因小儿肺炎入院。住院期间患儿剧烈哭闹后出现烦躁不安
某企业年初所有者权益为42345000元,年末所有者权益为45687000
最新回复
(
0
)