Maternal Health Program:
1.Preconceptional Care
2.Pregnancy Care
3.Interconceptional Care (Interpregnancy Care).
1.Preconceptional Care:
Represents the care of mother before conception:continued care from birth through stages of growth and development,until time of conception and pregnancy.
Special care forthose particulary risk in pregnancy:
-untreated rickets,complicated with bone deformity
-complicating unmanaged streptoccocal phyryngitis
-severe paralytic poliomyelitis
-giving Rh positive blood transfusion to Rh negative females.
Is necessary a regular health appraisal for early case finding and management and prevention of complications and a premarital care for both partners.
The education of young girls at school about the about woman health is important.
Premarital care involves premarital conseling,immunization and examination.
In premarital conseling partners are educated for principles of adjusted marriage and family life,health childbearing andd family planing on personal approach.
In case of immunization,adolescent or young adult female not infected or actively immunized before,can be given any of meales,mumps and rubella vaccines,according to needs.If s not premarital,active immunization can be post marital but never during pregnancy.
males can be similarly immunized when is necessary,specially for mumps.
2.Pregnancy Care:
It is care during pregnancy that must be started early and continued though pregnancy.
This starts with medical examination.On first visit it will be a comprehensive medical examination and investigations and on periodic prenatal visits it will be a medical examination and screening tests.
On each visit the pregnant is examined for:
-general health status and complaint or suffering if any.
-weight
-blood presure
-obstetric examination.
Nutritional education during pregnancy:
Adequate nutrition is a base required of pregnancy and lactation.Extra allawances of nutrients and energy are needed during the latter part of pregnanncy,foetal and child health.
A healthy lifestyle includes:
-rest (physical and mental) with sufficient hours of sleep and avoiding fatigue and stress.
- some homework and activities are allowed
-exercises are allowed and open-air recreation.
-suitable clouthing.
-bathing (not hot).
3.Natal Care:
By:
-helping the pregnant to have a normal delivery
- and providing emergency sevice when needed.All this information are made to determinate a necessary care with the pregnancy stage.
The genetical factor is very important,every body reacts different and for this every mother have to know the risks and to take all the measures for her and foetus health.
We promote a responsible attitude on decision to become mother,we promote the prevention for a healthy life!
Go to the medical examination,be consciously of your body,get treatment if is necessary and enjoy the role of mother without complications
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