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