Maternal and Child Health — Flashcards

Flashcard 181: At a child health clinic, the criteria to identify at-risk infants include birth order _____ or more

Answer: 4

Flashcard 182: According to Home Based Young Child care, additional visits have been proposed for another _____ times

Answer: 5

Flashcard 183: Which health program is aimed to train health personnel in basic newborn care and resuscitation?_____

Answer: Navjat Shishu Suraksha Karyakram

Flashcard 184: According to the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017, a woman with less than two surviving children is entitled to paid maternity leave for _____ weeks.

Answer: 26 weeks

Extra: **Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017 (India):** * **< 2 surviving children:** 26 weeks * **≥ 2 surviving children:** 12 weeks * **Adopting / Commissioning mothers:** 12 weeks * **Pre-natal leave:** Can be availed up to 8 weeks before the expected date of delivery (previously 6 weeks). Note: The 2017 amendment increased the maternity leave from 12 weeks to 26 weeks for women with less than two children.

Flashcard 185: According to Home Based Neonatal care, the ASHA is supposed to be paid an incentive of Rs. _____ after completing all her home visits

Answer: 250

Flashcard 186: Under Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) the first level of screening is carried out at _____ by existing MOs, SNs and ANMs

Answer: delivery points

Flashcard 187: For a SNCU discharged baby, ASHA has to do follow-up home visits for upto _____

Answer: 1 year

Flashcard 188: For a low birthweight baby, ASHA has to do follow-up home visits for upto _____

Answer: 2 years

Flashcard 189: The type of screening done in a newborn to rule out metabolic disorders like phenylketonuria is _____ screening.

Answer: Prescriptive screening Prescriptive screening refers to the presumptive identification of unrecognized disease in an apparently healthy person to provide early treatment and improve the health outcome for that individual. Newborn screening for phenylketonuria (PKU) is a classic example because early dietary intervention prevents mental disability.

Flashcard 190: SNCUs(Special newborn care units) are set up in _____

Answer: District hospitals