Electronic fetal monitoring is used during labor and birth to monitor the babyâs heart rate in relationship to the motherâs contractions. During labor, a variety of factors can influence the babyâs heart rate, including the motherâs contractions, body temperature, and position, and the babyâs movements and activity.
Also referred to as disparate impact, adverse impact occurs when facially neutral employment practices negatively affect some selected groups of people more than others. Example: A job description with a minimum height requirement as a selection criterion could adversely impact females and Asian/Pacific Islanders, even though, on the surface, itâs a facially neutral employment practice.
2 November 2002. For a given population group, the adverse impact of human activity on the natural environment can be thought of as the product of three factors: population size, the per capita level of consumption (âaffluenceâ) and the environmental impact per unit of consumption under the existing technology.