Overview of Maternal Health in Philippines

Question 1

obstetrical complication which is most common cause of maternal mortality?

Answer 1

Post partum hemorrhage

1 hemorrhage
2 infection
3 eclampsia

Question 2

State of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in all matters
relating to the reproductive system and to its functions and
processes

Answer 2

health

Question 3

Implies that people are able to have a satisfying and safe
sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and
the freedom to decide if, when, and how often to do so. Includes sexual health, the purpose of which is the
enhancement of life and personal relations

Answer 3

RH law

Question 4

when does comprehensive reproductive care start

Answer 4

Prenatally

and up to postnatal care

Question 5

abortion is allowed in situations of maternal emergency such as eclampsia? t or f

Answer 5

True

Question 6

the art and science that deals with delivery, its
antecedents and sequelae, or pregnancy, labor and
puerperium

Answer 6

Obstetrics

Question 7

More babies are born inside the residence of the mother? to r f

Answer 7

false

born outside of residence for better services and facilities

Question 8

Period after birth of an infant born after 20 weeks and

ending at 28 completed days after birth.

Answer 8

Perinatal period

Question 9

Complete expulsion or extraction from the mother of a

fetus after 20 weeks gestation

Answer 9

Birth

Question 10

Weight of a neonate determined immediately after

delivery or soon thereafter as feasible.

Answer 10

Birthweight

Question 11

Women of reproductive age

Answer 11

Age 15-49 years old

Question 12

Number of live births per 1000 population

Answer 12

Birth rate

Question 13

Number of live births per 1000 females aged 15 - 44

Answer 13

Fertility rate

Question 14

Term used to record a birth whenever the newborn at or
sometime after birth breathes spontaneously or shows any
other sign of life such as a heartbeat or definite
spontaneous movement of voluntary muscles

Answer 14

Live birth

Question 15

Absence of signs of life at or after birth

Answer 15

STILLBIRTH OR FETAL DEATH

Question 16

What is term delivery?

Answer 16

37 weeks to 42 weeks

Question 17

Early term

Answer 17

37-38 weeks

Question 18

full term

Answer 18

39-40 weeks

Question 19

ideal age of gestation for birth?

Answer 19

39 weeks

Question 20

Preterm?

Answer 20

less than 37 completed weeks (or 259 days) of

gestation

Question 21

post term

Answer 21

more than 42 weeks (or 295 days or more)

Question 22

Death of a liveborn neonate during the first 7 days after birth

Answer 22

Early neonatal death

Question 23

Death after 7 days but before 29 days

Answer 23

Late neonatal daeth

Question 24

Number of stillborn neonates per 1000 neonates born,

including live births and stillbirths

Answer 24

STILLBIRTH RATE OR FETAL DEATH RATE

Question 25

Number of neonatal deaths per 1000 live births

Answer 25

NEONATAL MORTALITY RATE

Question 26

The number of stillbirths plus neonatal deaths per 1000 | total births

Answer 26

PERINATAL MORTALITY RATE

Question 27

All deaths of liveborn infants from birth through 12 months | of age

Answer 27

INFANT DEATH

Question 28

Death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days after termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy

Answer 28

MATERNAL DEATH

Question 29

Either the disease or injury which initiated the train of events leading directly to death or the circumstances of the accident or violence which produced the fatal injury

Answer 29

UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH

Question 30

Results from obstetric complications of the pregnant state (pregnancy, labor, and puerperium) from the interventions, omissions, incorrect treatment or from a chain of events resulting from the above

Answer 30

DIRECT OBSTETRIC CAUSE

Question 31

Results from previous existing disease or other health | conditions that developed during pregnancy

Answer 31

INDIRECT OBSTETRIC CAUSE

Question 32

Traumatic deaths like suicide, accidents, gunshot wound

Answer 32

NON-OBSTETRIC DEATH

Question 33

fetal effects of cigarette

Answer 33

low birth weight birth defects low folate, vitamin c anb carotenoids

Question 34

fetal effects of alcohol

Answer 34

low birth weight birth defects stillbirth

Question 35

effects of diabetes

Answer 35

low vitamin c

Question 36

maternal effect of low iron

Answer 36

anemia easy fatigability fainting spells breathlessness

Question 37

fetal effects of low iron

Answer 37

anemia

Question 38

maternal effects of low calcium

Answer 38

ostetoporosis

Question 39

fetal effects of low calcium

Answer 39

poor mineralization of fetal skeleton and teeth

Question 40

maternal effects of low iodine

Answer 40

abortion

Question 41

fetal effects of low iodine

Answer 41

``` cretinism stillbirth congenital defects impaired brain development goiter hypothyroidism ```

Question 42

90% of all maternal mortalities are? preventable inevitable

Answer 42

preventable

Question 43

2 main reasons for high teen pregnancy?

Answer 43

inadequate sex education | lack of access to birth control

Question 44

The three delays

Answer 44

``` 1 DELAY IN DECIDING TO SEEK MEDICAL CARE 2 DELAY IN IDENTIFYING AND REACHING THE APPROPRIATE FACILITY 3 DELAY IN RECEIVING APPROPRIATE AND ADEQUATE CARE AT HEALT FACILITY ```

Question 45

Universal access by 2015 to the widest possible range of safe and effective family planning methods and the following related reproductive health services: o Essential obstetric care o Prevention and management of reproductive tract infections including STI

Answer 45

Millennium development goals

Question 46

adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.

Answer 46

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Global Goals

Question 47

POGs recommendation for frequency of check ups

Answer 47

every month until 28 weeks. every two weeks until 36 weeks and every week until delivery. Atleast 14 visits.

Question 48

DOH recommendation for frequency of visits?

Answer 48

4-5 quality and purposeful antenatal visits

Question 49

When does the first antenatal visit happen by DOH?

Answer 49

After the first trimester (12 weeks) to screen for STI, anemia, GDM and first time for accurate ultrasound.

Question 50

When does the additional visit after first visit happen?

Answer 50

at 20 weeks for a repeat scan

Question 51

When does the 2nd visit happen?

Answer 51

at 24-28 weeks (6th or 7th month) to screen again for GDM

Question 52

when does the 3rd visit happen?

Answer 52

at 32 weeks (8th month) to screen for multiple gestation, eclampsia and anemia

Question 53

when does the 4th visit happen?

Answer 53

9th month or 36 weeks to assess of fetal lie and mode of delivery

Question 54

it is a workshop being given to birth attendants (e.g midwifes and district primary care physicians)

Answer 54

EmONC (Emergency Obstetrical and Newborn Care) | Approach

Question 55

The single most important way to reduce maternal deaths

Answer 55

ensure that a skilled attendant is present at every | birth.

Question 56

An accredited health professional (a midwife, doctor or nurse) who has been educated and trained to proficiency in the skills needed to manage normal pregnancies, childbirth and the immediate postnatal period, and in the identification, management and referral of complications in women and newborns.

Answer 56

SKILLED ATTENDANT

Question 57

The elements of obstetric & newborn care needed for the management of normal and complicated pregnancy, delivery, postpartum periods and the newborn. ● Early detection and treatment of problem pregnancies to prevent progression to an emergency ● Management of emergency complications

Answer 57

EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC AND NEWBORN CARE | EmONC

Question 58

Facility that performed all of the following six services: o Administration of parenteral antibiotics, oxytocics and anticonvulsants o Manual removal of placenta o Removal of retained products o Assisted vaginal delivery

Answer 58

BASIC ESSENTIAL/ EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC | CARE (BEmOC)

Question 59

Facility that has performed surgery and blood | transfusion, in addition to all six BEmOC services

Answer 59

``` COMPREHENSIVE ESSENTIAL/ EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE (CEmOC) ```