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    Preventive paediatrics aims to promote the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of children to attain positive health. This includes creating healthy adults and addressing issues like malnutrition, infections, and poor maternal health in India, which are largely preventable. Preventive strategies include growth monitoring, nutritional surveillance, promoting breastfeeding, immunizations, and antenatal and postnatal preventive care.

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    Preventive paediatrics aims to promote the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of children to attain positive health. This includes creating healthy adults and addressing issues like malnutrition, infections, and poor maternal health in India, which are largely preventable. Preventive strategies include growth monitoring, nutritional surveillance, promoting breastfeeding, immunizations, and antenatal and postnatal preventive care.

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    Preventive paediatrics aims to promote the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of children to attain positive health. This includes creating healthy adults and addressing issues like malnutrition, infections, and poor maternal health in India, which are largely preventable. Preventive strategies include growth monitoring, nutritional surveillance, promoting breastfeeding, immunizations, and antenatal and postnatal preventive care.

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    Preventive paediatrics is defined as the

    prevention of disease and promotion of


    physical , mental and social wellbeing of
    children with the aim of attaining a positive
    health.
    1.Preventive paediatrics aims at creating a
    healthy adult, concept of health
    encompassing physical, mental , social and
    cultural aspects.
    2.Current problems in India like malnutrition
    ,infection, diarrhoeal diseases and poor
    maternal health are largely preventable.
    1.Development of healthy nation
    2.Healthy promotion and prevention
    3.Minimize the psychological trauma
    4.Providing care
     PRIMAEY PREVENTION
     SECONDARY PREVENTION
     TERTIARY PREVENTION
    1. GROWTH MONITORING
    2. NUTRITIONAL SURVEILANCE
    3. PROMOTION OF BREAST FEEDING
    4. ORAL REHYDRATION
    5. IMMUNIZATION
    6.Regular health check up
    7.Health supervision
    8.Health education to parents
    9.Control of infections diseases
    10.Motor vehicle safety measures
    1.ANTENATAL PREVENTIVE PAEDIATRICS

    2.POSTNATAL PREVENTIVE PAEDIATRICS


    DEFINITION
    MCH can be defined as promoting,
    Preventing,therapeutic or rehabilitation
    facility or care for the mother and child.
    1.Prenatal/antenatal care services
    2.Intranatal care services
    3.Postnatal care services
    4. Child health services
    Prenatal services (before delivery)
    1.The first visit ,irrespective of when it occurs,
    should include the following components:
     Health history
     Physical examination
     Laboratory examination:
     Complete urine analysis
     Laboratory examination:
     Complete urine analysisStoolexamination
     Complete blood count
     Serological examination
     Blood grouping and Rh determination
     On subsequent visits:
     Physical examination
     Laboratory tests should include urine
    examination, haemoglobin estimate
     Immunization against tetanus
     Home visiting by a female health worker
     Iron and folic acid supplementation

     Referral services

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