Child Health Maintenance Flashcards
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Independent panel of experst review and develope reccomendations for clincial preventive services
Task force
schedules are set according to age
groups
Neonate: within 1-2 Weeks of birth
Infant: at 2, 4, 6, 9, and 12 months
Toddler: at 15, and 18 months; 2 and 3
years old
Preschool: annual visits beginning at 3
years old
Primary school age: annual visits 5
through 10 years old
Middle school age: annual visits 10
through 13 years old
Teenager: annual visits 13 through 19years
increase in the mass and dimensions of
the body
Growth
functional maturation and
acquisition of new skills
life
Development
Human development is
lifelong process of
physical, behavioral, cognitive, and emotional
growth and change.
Family Medicine Department
Stages of growth and
development
Prenatal
1. Embryonic period (first 8 weeks)
2. Fetal period (9-40 weeks)
• Postnatal
1. Neonatal period (first 28 days)
2. Infant (till 2 years)
3. Early childhood 2-6 years
4. Late childhood (6-10)
5. Adolescent (10-20)
Four developmental areas
Gross motor,
• Fine motor
• Speech and language,
• Social development
10-12 month
15 month
Fine motor development
Building blocks
Building blocks
• 15 months
Builds a tower of two cubes
18 months
Building blocks
Builds a tower of three
to four cubes
Physical growth main parameters
Main parameters
• Weight
• Length (height)
• Head circumference
Physical growth all parameters
Main parameters
• Weight
• Length (height)
• Head circumference
Others
• Body proportions :upper/lower ratio
• Dentition
• Vital signs
Family
Head circumference monitoring for children parametrs
At birth 35 cm
• 6 months 43 cm
• 1 year 47 cm
• 2 years 49 cm
• 6 years 51 cm
• 12 years 53 cm
Assess normal growth
- Determine deviations in individuals
- To interpret findings in terms of health status
- To decide regarding alternative types of care and
referral procedures if required
- Monitor growth at community level as contribution
to health surveillance
Family M
Chart of development parameters
Direction of the curve is ascendind
Healthy
Horizontal curve
failure to thrive
Acute malnutrition
decreased velocity curve
Chronic
malnutrition, Chronic conditions
Teething usually begins around
6 months
But its normally to satrt between 3 -12 months
Child 3 years must have how many teeth
20 primary
During sleep bottle or breast
Bottle feeding
Recommended childhood
prevention screening
Bp
At age of 3 and every 1-2 year
H
Hearing
examination
Subjective assessment at all visit :
1. checking for a response to noise produced
outside an infant field of vision.
2. Absent of babbling at age of 6 months
3. Assessing speech development