CHILD’S HEALTH PROGRAMS (PART 1) Flashcards
What are the age groups most vulnerable for common childhood diseases?
newborns, infants, and children
Babies are considered newborns until how many days?
28 days
Metabolic disorders in children usually results to
mental retardation
Target number for neonatal mortality
12 deaths per 1000 live births
Target number for under 5 mortality
25 deaths per 1000 live births
Institutionalized nationwide health campaign conducted every third week of April & October
Garantisadong Pambata
Also known as the Philippine National Strategic Framework for Plan Development for Children
CHILD 21
A strategic framework for planning programs and interventions that promote and safeguard the rights of Filipino children
CHILD 21
Goal of CHILD 21
To achieve good health for all Filipino children by the year 2025
This realizes that health is a critical and fundamental element in children’s welfare and health programs cannot be implemented in isolation from the other components that determine the safety and well being of children in society.
Children’s Health 2025
A ___ ___ ___ is:
- Wanted, planned, and conceived by healthy parents carried to term by healthy mothers
- Screened for congenital defects shortly after birth
- Exclusively breastfed for at least 6 mos. of age
Healthy Filipino Child
This is a PhilHealth benefit package for essential health services of the newborn during the first few days of life
Newborn Care Package
It involves health practices to newborn care which have been proven to improve the health outcomes of the baby
Essential Newborn Package
True of False. Breastfeeding initiation can wait up until 2 days after childbirth.
False. Mother and baby should not be separated and should initiate early breastfeeding immediately after childbirth.
Prevents eye infection for newborns
Eye prophylaxis
Vitamin K is administered to the baby to promote
blood clotting
What are the first 2 vaccines that a baby receives?
Hepatitis B and BCG vaccine
Vaccine that prevents tuberculosis and leprosy
BCG vaccine
the practice of placing the newborn in the same room as the mother right after delivery up to discharge to facilitate mother-infant bonding and to initiate breastfeeding.
Rooming-in
How long is prolonged skin to skin contact between mother and baby recommended for?
90 minutes
This program enables blood test to be done on the newborn after 24 to 72 hours after birth. It allows early detection and management of several congenital disorders
Comprehensive Newborn Screening Program
R.A. that mandates newborn screening
R.A. 9288 - Newborn Screening Act of 2004
The basic newborn screening package detects how many disorders?
6 disorders
detects up to 28 genetic disorders
Expanded Newborn Screening Program
Which part of the body is blood taken from for screening?
Baby’s heel
NBS results are available after how many days?
7 - 14 working days
Negative NBS results mean
baby is normal
True or False. When the NBS results return negative, the parents receive a notification from the health facility.
False. The parents usually do not get notifications of their baby’s NBS result unless if it is positive.
What should parents do when their babies’ NBS result return positive?
Newborn must be brought back to his/her health practitioner for further testing.
Establishes Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program (UNHSP) for the prevention, early Diagnosis & Intervention of hearing loss by requiring all newborns to have access to hearing screening
R.A. 9709 - Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) and Intervention Act of 2009
Percentage of newborns with hearing loss in the Philippines
0.14%
How many months does hearing loss intervention for babies start?
6 months
Method where sounds are played & if a baby hears normally, an echo is reflected back into the ear canal & is measured by the microphone
otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
Measures how the hearing nerve responds to sounds and can identify babies who have a hearing loss
automated auditory brainstem response (AABR)
It has the goal of reducing child mortality and morbidity through optimal feeding of infants and young children
Infant and Young Child Feeding Program
Breastfeeding should be initiated within ___ hour/s after birth
1 (one)
Breastmilk should be exclusive for the first ___ months of life
6 (six)
True of False. Breastfeeding strengthens the infant’s immune system, preventing many infections by providing nutritinal complete food
True
Breastfeeding provides natural methods of delaying pregnancies like
Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM)
Give examples of diseases that mothers could prevent through breastfeeding.
Ovarian cancer, breast cancer, and osteoporosis
Thick, sticky and yellowish form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth
Colostrum
Colostrum is concentrated in
proteins and carbohydrates
True or False. Colostrum is sometimes hard to digest.
False. Colostrum is low in fats making it easy to digest.
Antibodies in the colostrum help protect the ___ in the throat, lungs, and intestine of the infant
mucous membranes
Colostrum is also concentrated with ___ that protect the infant from harmful viruses and bacteria
Leukocytes
Breastfeeding is encouraged until what age?
2 years or longer
starting other foods in addition to breast milk at 6 complemented months helps a child to grow well
Complementary feeding
These types of vegetables help a child to have healthy eyes
Dark green leaves and yellow colored fruits and vegetables
6-8 months old should be fed how many times a day?
2-3 times
9-23 months old should be fed how many times a day?
3-4 times, with 1-2 additional snacks
Requires both public & private health institutions to promote rooming-in & to encourage, protect, & support the practice of breastfeeding.
R.A. 7600 - Rooming-In and Breastfeeding Act of 1992
Expands the promotion of breastfeeding, amending for the purpose of RA 7600 - lactation periods for breastfeeding employees and lactation stations in all Health & Non-Health Institutions
R.A. 10028 - Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2009
It shall be adopted as an intervention to address micronutrient deficiency for a package of micronutrient supplements
Micronutrient Supplementation Program
Promotes the micronutrient supplementation program
A.O. No. 2010-0010 - Revised Policy on the Micronutrient Supplementation
Micronutrient supplements are provided to
6 mos - 5 yrs, pregnant and lactating women, and women of reproductive age (15-49)
helps in the formation and maintenance of healthy teeth, skeletal and soft tissue, mucus membranes, and skin
Vitamin A
Vitamin A is also known as ___ because it produces the pigments in the retina of the eye and also promotes good vision, especially in low light
retinol
Vitamin A supplementation under the Garantisadong Pambata Program involves supplementation that is given every ___ for children 6 mos to 5 years old
6 months
considered a moderate public health concern among children from 6 months to 5 years old
Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD)
a dietary element essential only is small quantities
Micronutrients
short term intervention to correct high levels of micronutrient deficiencies by providing large doses of micronutrients immediately until more sustainable food based approaches are put in place and become effective
Micronutrient Supplementation
not in a conventional food form and whose purpose is to supplement the intake of vitamins and/or minerals from the normal diet
Micronutrient Supplement
mandates the fortification of staples to address micronutrient deficiencies of the Filipino diet
R.A. 8976 - Food Fortification Law of 2000
Encourage manufacturers to undergo food fortification in their products
Voluntary fortification
Voluntary fortification if usually done through which program?
Sangkap Pinoy Seal Program
These drugs are distributed during the national deworming months
Antihelminthic drugs
National deworming months
January and July
