CHILD HEALTH CARE

Children are continuously growing and

developing
Higher anabolic requirements
Exaggerated response to several factors

Definition and scope

Branch of medicine which treats of the

child, his development and care, and of the

diseases of the children and their treatment
Pediatrics is not limited to one organ and

considered as the whole of medicine

applied to distinct individual below 18 years
of age

Age groups
Perinatal 28th weeks AOG to the first 6

days after birth

Neonatal first 28 days after birth
Infancy 1 to 4 years of age
Pre school 4-6 years old
School age after 6 years old
Adolescence 10 to 19 years old

Child Population

Community Pediatrics
A health care provider should be

community oriented and community

involved if his goal is to deliver
comprehensive health care to the children
he looks after, as well as to other children
in the community he serves.

Role of the Pediatrician in the

community
As an educator
As a consultant
As a coordinator
As a health planner
As a counselor
As a group worker

Trends in Health Care

international
country
community
family

Nutritional Status of Children

Undernourished
overweight

Infant mortality and

morbidity
1. Sepsis
2. Respiratory Distress
3. Pneumonia
4. Low birth weight
5. Congenital Malformations of the Heart
6. Congenital Pneumonia
7. Aspiration Syndromes
8. Other congenital malformation
9. Intrauterine hypoxia
10. Diarrhea

Incidence of Immunizable
Diseases
BCG
Hepa B
DPT
Polio
HIB
Pneumonia
Rotavirus Fiarrhea
Varicella
Typhoid
Hepa A
Measles

Referral System and Primary Health

Workers
Medical Center
Tertiary level of
Health Care

ER/Private Clinics
Secondary Level of
Health Care

RHU
(Physician)
Primary Level of Healrh Care

Population Problems and

Responsible Parenthood