MATERNAL HEALTH

Question 1

____________ defined maternal health as the health of a woman of reproductive age, including, but not limited to, during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum

Answer 1

RA 10354

Question 2

Death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days after termination, irrespective of duration and site of pregnancy from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes

Answer 2

Maternal Death (maternal mortality)

Question 3

Deaths from obstetric complications of preg. state (pregnancy, labor, and puerperium), from interventions, omissions, or incorrect treatment, or chain of events.

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Answer 3

Direct Obstetric Death

Question 4

Death due to previous existing illness or illness that was developed during pregnancy (aggravated by physiological effects of preg.)

Answer 4

Indirect Obstetric Death

Question 5

Death, indirect or direct, more than 42 days but less than one year after termination.
Example; Post partum depression

Answer 5

Late Maternal Death

Question 6

Death, within 42 days after termination, despite any cause.

Answer 6

Pregnancy-Related Death

Question 7

people w/ midwifery skills- trained profieciently in skills to manage a normal delivery, diagnose, and refer obstetric complications.

initiate management of complications and emergies, including life- saving measures.

ideally live in the community

Answer 7

Skilled Birth Attendant

Question 8

Measure of Maternal Mortality

Answer 8

1. Maternal Mortality ratio
2. maternal mortality rate
3. Lifetime risk of maternal death

Question 9

represent risk associated with pregnancy

no. of maternal deaths per year per 100,000 live births during same period

Answer 9

Maternal Mortality Ratio

Question 10

measures both the obstetric risk and the frequency with which women are exposed to this risk. It is calculated as the number of maternal deaths in a given period per 100,000 women of reproductive age (usually 15- 49 years).

Answer 10

Maternal Mortality Rate

Question 11

measures both the obstetric risk and the frequency with which women are exposed to this risk. It is calculated as the number of maternal deaths in a given period per 100,000 women of reproductive age (usually 15- 49 years).

Answer 11

Lifetime Risk of Maternal Death

Question 12

5 leading cause of Maternal Deaths

Answer 12

Hemorrhage , Embolism, Pregnancy induced hypertension, Sepsis/ infection—– addtion: anesthesia complications.