DOH Flashcards
pregnant woman can avail the free prenatal services at their respective health center
antenatal registration
a series of 2 doses of tetanus toxoid vaccination must be received by a pregnant woman one month before delivery and 3 boosters after childbirth
tetanus toxoid immunization
Vitamins and supplement for the prevention of anemia and deficiency
Vit A
Iron
Prenatal visit : First visit
as early as possible before 4 months or during first trimester
Prenatal visit: second visit
during the second trimester
Prenatal visit: third visit
during the third trimester
prenatal visit : every two weeks
after 8 months
A national mandated priority public health program to attain the country’s national health
development: a health intervention program and an important tool for the improvement of the
health and welfare of mothers, children and other members of the family.
national family planning program
means that each family has the right and duty to
determine the desired number of children they might have and when they might have
them.
Responsible Parenthood
The 1987 Constitution states that the government protects the sanctity
of life. Abortion is NOT a FP method:
Respect for Life
refers to interval between pregnancies (which is ideally 3 years). It
enables women to recover their health improves women’s potential to be more productive
and to realize their personal aspirations and allows more time to care for children and
spouse/husband
Birth Spacing
that is upholding and ensuring the rights of couples to determin the
number and spacing of their children according to their life’s aspirations and reminding
couples that planning size of their families have a direct bearing on the quality of their
children’s and their own lives
Informed Choice
is a temporary postpartum method of postponing pregnancy based on
the physiological infertility experienced by breastfeeding mothers. Mothers may ovulate but not
menstruate while breastfeeding
Lactational Amenorrhea Method
is used to identify the fertile and infertile period of a woman’s cycle by daily
taking and recording the rise and fall in body temperature during and after ovulation.
Basal Body Temperature
is a method in which women use their vaginal mucous to determine their
fertility. It does not rely on the presence of ovulation, rather it identifies patterns of potential fertility and
obvious infertility within the cycle, whatever its length. Effectiveness, however, is not very clear.
The Billings ovulation method
