Milestones, Screening and Vaccinations

Question 1

When are children screened?

Answer 1

6-8 weeks
8 months
2 years
3-4 years

Question 2

Why are children screened?

Answer 2

To check milestones and vaccinations
Deliver health promotion
Target supervision and interventions to risk groups

Question 3

What should a child be able to do at one month?

Answer 3

Raise head from surface when lying on tummy
Pay attention to a face in their line of direction

Question 4

What should a child be able to do at 2 months?

Answer 4

Smile
Roll part way to side when lying on back

Question 5

What should a child be able to do at 3 months?

Answer 5

Eyes follow a moving object
Babbles
Grasp objects when placed in hand

Question 6

What should a child be able to do at 4 months?

Answer 6

Laugh out loud
Recognise bottle and familiar faces

Question 7

What should a child be able to do at 5 months?

Answer 7

Reach for and hold objects
Stand firmly when held
Stretches out arms to be picked up

Question 8

What should a child be able to do at 6 months?

Answer 8

Turn from back to stomach
Turn towards sound
Hold, suck, bite and begin chewing

Question 9

What should a child be able to do at 7 months?

Answer 9

Transfer objects from hand to hand
Sit for a few minutes without support
Shy at first with strangers

Question 10

What should a child be able to do at 8 months?

Answer 10

Sit steadily for about 5 minutes
Crawls on hands and knees
Grasps things with thumb and first two fingers

Question 11

What should a child be able to do at 9 months?

Answer 11

Responds to name
Can stand for short period of time
Copies sounds

Question 12

What should a child be able to do at 10 months?

Answer 12

Able to pull self up at side of cot
Can drink from a cup when it is held

Question 13

What should a child be able to do at 11 months?

Answer 13

Can walk holding onto furniture
Can find an object placed under another object

Question 14

What should a child be able to do at 12 months?

Answer 14

Waves bye
Can walk with one hand held
Finger feeds self

Question 15

What should a child be able to do at 15 months?

Answer 15

Walks by self
Begins using a spoon

Question 16

What should a child be able to do at 18 months?

Answer 16

Can say 6 words
Tries to put on shoes
Likes to help a parent

Question 17

What should a child be able to do at 2 years?

Answer 17

Able to run
Says about 50 words
Points to objects in a book

Question 18

What should a child be able to do at 3 years?

Answer 18

Can repeat 2 numbers in a row
Knows most of the body parts

Question 19

What should a child be able to do at 4 years?

Answer 19

Can repeat a simple 6 word symptom
Can wash hands without help
Can stand on one foot

Question 20

What should a child be able to do at 5 years?

Answer 20

Can follow commands
Can skip

Question 21

Why are children vaccinated?

Answer 21

To prevent certain infectious diseases where the risks of vaccination are lower than the risks from the disease
To reduce or eliminate infectious diseases from the community by reducing the number of susceptible vectors

Question 22

Give examples of vaccinations available?

Answer 22

Tetanus
Polio
HPV
Hep A, B and C
Influenza
Covid-19

Question 23

What are the recent changes to vaccinations?

Answer 23

Polio was previously oral, now inactivated polio vaccine
Meningitis was previously haemophilus influenza B, now menincococcus B

Question 24

What are the variations in vaccines given?

Answer 24

BCG - can be given shortly after birth if high risk
Hep B - not routine in the UK, but is in other countries

Question 25

Why are childhood immunisations sometimes refused?

Answer 25

Religious or philosophical grounds
Prevent a ‘painful assault’ on the child
Thoughts that benefits don’t outweigh the risks