matenral health care Flashcards
what example of prevention does prenatal screening falll under
SECONDARY PREVENTION
EXAMPles of secondary prevention in relation to pregnancy
screening and the regular check ups a pregnant person has
notes
in relation to child parents choose GP
need to be able to give examples of health education and behaviour for iddferent age ranges of kids and SPECIFIC OR NON SPECIFIC
examples of health education and behaviour
ergonomics for children in school
sexual health education for teens
cigarettes and alcohols for teens
examples of specific prophylaxis
folic acid is SPecific
vitamin D is specific to prevent rickets and bone problems
immunisations - epidemiology immunization calendar
examples of 2 prophylaxis
anthropometrics up to 1 year
pre school - check their eyes
spinal postion of children
HPV.
what is tertiary prophylaxis
social rehabilitation (which is different to medical rehab) links to autism, so you do activites with the kids like speech therapy etc
oral q about screening and downs
don’t say that screening is diagnostic it just calculates risk so you cannot 100% say that a child will have downs for example
how many grams of folic acid
0.4 mg (400 micrograms) DAILY before ocnceptin (2months0
definition of maternal health
the health of woman from pregenacy, childbirth to postpartum
periatal health
from 22 weeks gestation to 7 days after birth
maternal health programme
free access to systemic health activities from beginning of pregnancy till 42 postpartum. its covered by the basic health insurance package
THE MHP of the nHIF regulates the activities of the GP for the the follow up normal pregnancies as well as the obs & gyn for normal and risk pregnancies, the programmes covers the bare minimum for pregnancy monitoring
pregancy monrtoring in obs and gyne is carried out with a ‘medical refereal’ by gp. once for the duration of pregs and oncn the first 42 days after pregancy
the woman has the right to choice her obs so if she wants a different one the gp writes another refeeral
best age for childbirth
20-30 years
risk for congential diseases
> 35 years old
normal package for ultrasound
2 free ultrasounds. once in the first trimetser and once in the 5 month
what happens with the first visit
ultrasound
preventive pap smear test
vaginal fluid examination
why would you chose gynecology over gp
most women in bg will opt ofr gyne as Gp are not as trained simply.
- als for high risk pregnancy
- multiple pregnancies
- previous history of miscarriages. stillbirths
- overall poor maternal health
- a family history of diabetes
- blood incompatibility with father of child
why would you chose gynecology over gp
most women in bg will opt ofr gyne as Gp are not as trained simply.
- als for high risk pregnancy
- multiple pregnancies
- previous history of miscarriages. stillbirths
- overall poor maternal health
- a family history of diabetes
- blood incompatibility with father of child
-<20 or >25
what do you do with a preganancy at risk
2 additional ultrasound examinations
serum screening for
AFP
B- hcg (downs syndrome and neural tube defects)
<20 test for chlamydia