Maternal and Child Health — Flashcards

Flashcard 181: According to Home Based Neonatal Care (HBNC) guidelines, the ASHA is supposed to visit the house _____ times for an **institutional delivery**?

Answer: 6

Extra: HBNC Visit Schedule for ASHA: - **Institutional Delivery**: 6 visits (Days 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, 42) - **Home Delivery**: 7 visits (Days 1, 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, 42) Note: For institutional delivery, the first visit (Day 1) is handled by the health facility.

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

Answer: 1 year

Flashcard 186: For a low birthweight baby, ASHA has to do follow-up home visits for upto _____

Answer: 2 years

Flashcard 187: 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 188: 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 189: The **Vande Mataram Scheme** is a public-private partnership where safe motherhood services are provided by _____.

Answer: Private sector practitioners (OBG specialists)

Extra: The Vande Mataram Scheme is a public-private partnership (PPP) initiative launched in 2004. It involves voluntary participation from private sector obstetricians and gynecologists to provide free antenatal care (ANC), postnatal care (PNC), and family planning counseling to pregnant women, especially those below the poverty line. Note: Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a different scheme focused on providing cash incentives for institutional deliveries.

Flashcard 190: Perinatal mortality rate (PMR) is calculated as:_____

Answer: (Late fetal deaths [28+ weeks gestation] + Early neonatal deaths [first 7 days of life]) / (Total live births + Stillbirths) × 1000

Extra: Perinatal Mortality Rate (PMR) formula: Numerator: Late fetal deaths (28 weeks or more of gestation) + Early neonatal deaths (under 1 week of age). Denominator: Total births (Live births and Stillbirths). Multiplier: 1000. PMR is a sensitive indicator of the quality of antenatal, intranatal, and neonatal care.