A mother, 13 years of age, delivers a low-birth-weight neonate. The neonate is transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit. The mother reports receiving occasional prenatal care and has a history of excessive alcohol consumption. The growth and development of this neonate has been influenced by which of the following?

Prenatal factors

Explanation:

Prenatal factors are the factors that occur during the prenatal stage which affect the growth and development of a baby.

Major prenatal factors that can affect the growth and development of a baby could include those that has to do with maternal factors such as the nutrition of the mother, exposure of the mother to toxins, alcoholism and lifestyle of the mother, maternal infection, mental illnesses of the mother etc.

Alcoholism in pregnant women, as an habit, has been linked to the cause impaired growth of a baby.

The growth and development of the neonate stated in the question has been influenced by prenatal factors, which is alcoholism.

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