health of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period
What is Maternal Health?
conception with good nutrition and a healthy
... [Show More] lifestyle. It continues with appropriate prenatal care and preventing problems if they arise
Safe motherhood begins before
death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes
What is Maternal Mortality?
the annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes)
What is Maternal Mortality Rate?
deaths during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, for a specified year
What does MMR include?
The death of a baby before his or her first birthday is called infant mortality
What is infant Mortality?
estimate of the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births
What is Infant Mortality Rate?
the health and well-being of a nation, because factors affecting the health of entire populations can also impact the mortality rate of infants
What is Infant Mortality Rate an indicator to measure?
the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year
What is Neonatal Mortality Rate?
number of children who died between a exact age one and their fifth birthday
What is Child Mortality?
number of children who died before age 5 per 1, 000 live births
What is Child Mortality Rate?
Medicare & Medicaid
Title XVIII & Title XIX of the Social Security Act are also known as____ & ____ respectively.
family income under 185% of the federal poverty level
What are the eligibility criteria for the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, & Children (WIC)?
1.) Create a separate child health program
2.) Expand Medicaid eligibility
3.) Develop a combo of new insurance and Medicaid expansion
3 Basic options by which SCHIP allows states to design and implement the program?
1.) home visiting programs
2.) mandatory break time for nursing mothers
3.) Expansion of Medicaid
4.) elimination of co-pays for prevention
5.) screening services
What are the 5 provisions of the PPACA that specifically target mothers and children?
False
TRUE or FALSE? Regarding WIC, states do not distribute food to low-income pregnant women, nursing mothers & infants & children considered at nutritional risk under eligibility guidelines established by the federal government & through federally appropriated funds.
pregnant women, infants, and children
A large component of Medicaid's financial demands on state budgets are directed towards which population group?
False
TRUE or FALSE? The Head Start program has not been demonstrated to have tremendous intellectual and health benefits.
65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes called ESRD)
Medicare provides health insurance assistance to which group of people? [Show Less]