Preventive Medicines in Obstetrics, Pediatrics and Geriatrics

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Essays

1. A 21-year-old primi delivered a baby girl weighing 1.5kgs, 4 weeks prior to the expected date of delivery. Describe in detail the condition, its causes, prevention and management.
2. Maternal mortality Rate (MMR) (🏡 🏡 🏡 🏡 🏡)🏡
   • Define Maternal Mortality Rate (🏡 🏡 🏡 🏡)🏡
   • Define Maternal Mortality.
   • Causes for maternal deaths/ high MMR  in India/Major determinants of  MMR in India (🏡 🏡 🏡 🏡 🏡)🏡
   • Measures to prevent maternal mortality in India (under National Health Mission)/ measures by the government 🏡 🏡 🏡 🏡 🏡
   • Measures by government to reduce maternal morbidity
   • Describe the risk approach and list various preventive and social measures implemented to reduce MMR
3. Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM)-
   • Definition
   • Common Causes
   • Management and Prevention
4. Maternal and Child Health Care (MCH)- (🏡 🏡🏡)🏡
   • Indicators (🏡🏡🏡)🏡
   • Infant Mortality Rate(IMR)- (🏡 🏡 🏡 🏡 🏡) 🏡
     • Definition (🏡 🏡 🏡) 🏡 🏡
     • Causes (🏡 🏡) 🏡
     • Factors affecting IMR in India (🏡)🏡 🏡
     • Interventions/ Preventions/Strategies to reduce IMR (🏡🏡 🏡 )🏡 🏡 🏡
     • Integrated Management of National and Childhood Illness (IMNCI)
   • Risk Approach 
   • “High Risk Approach” 
   • Perinatal mortality
   • Priority areas to improve newborn health in India
   • Mortality Indicators
5. Growth Chart-
   • What is it?
   • Different Types
   • Uses
6. Geriatric Problems-
   • Discuss health problems of the aged
   • National Programme for health care of elderly
     1. Objectives
     2. Strategies

Short Notes

1. Juvenile Delinquency
2. Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM)-
   • Causes
   • Prevention
3. School health service- 🏡
   • Role of teachers 🏡
4. Local rural practices followed during childbirth
5. Integrated Management of neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) (🏡)🏡
   • Add a note.
   • Elements 🏡
6. Health problems and social problems of elderly//   Classify health problems of the elderly //   You are in charge for an old age home in a rural area. What are the health problems you anticipate in the aged population and how will you prevent and manage the problems?🏡 🏡 🏡 🏡 🏡 🏡 🏡 🏡
7. Prenatal Diagnostic Technique Act (PNDT), 1994 / Prenatal Diagnosis 🏡
8. PCPNDT Act (🏡)
9. High Risk Mothers and High-Risk Infants- Enlist.
10. Various Services available for geriatric population in India
11. Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme 🏡
    • Beneficiaries
    • Services Offered 🏡
    • Functions
12. Antenatal care
13. Maternal Mortality Ratio-
    • Definition
    • Determinants
14. Road to health chart/ Growth Chart (🏡) 🏡
15. Adverse socio-cultural factors related to mother and child health in India
16. Initiatives under national programme for health care of the elderly
17. Growth Rate
18. Maternal Mortality –
    • Causes
    • Prevention
19. Infant Mortality-
    • Causes
    • Prevention
20. Problems of Old Age
21. Preventive healthcare in elderly
22. Social Schemes for elderly in India 🏡
23. Baby friendly Hospital initiative 🏡
24. School Health Services-
    • Objectives
    • Role of Teachers
25. Healthy ageing/ Preventive Measures for healthy ageing 🏡
26. Causes of perinatal mortality
27. Antenatal Care- 🏡
    • Objectives
28. Mentally Handicapped Children
29. Essential Obstetric Care for ensuring safe motherhood
30. “Under 5 Clinic”-
    • Main activities
    • Benefits
31. Breast Feeding-
    • Advantages
32. MCH Care-
    • Indicators
33. Reproductive and Child Healthcare -II (RCH – II)
34. Low Birth Weight (LBW) 🏡-
    • Causes
35. Protein Energy malnutrition (PEN)-
    • Causes
    • Prevention
36. Maternal Mortality rate-
    • Preventive social measures to reduce MMR