preventive pediatric is defined as providing the physcial ,mental and soscial care of children ,for development of all aspect of personality

2. ASPECTS
 Definition of preventive pediatrics
 Classification
MCH RCH
 Breast feeding BFHI
 Weaning ICDS
 UNDERFIVE Clinic
 Immunization
 School health services

3.  Allied child
 International and national organization.
 Role of a nurse

4. CONCEPT
 Child health depends upon preventive care.
Majority of the child health problems are
preventable .preventive pediatrics is a specialized
area of child health comprises efforts to avert
rather than cure disease and disabilities .

5. DEFINITION
 ‘’The prevention of disease and promotion of
physical ,mental and social wellbeing of
children with the aim of attaining a positive
health .’’

6. CLASSIFICATION
❖ Antenatal preventive pediatrics
❖ Postnatal preventive pediatrics
❖ Social preventive pediatrics

7. ANTENATAL PREVENTIVE
PEDIATRIC
 Care of antenatal mother
 Adequate nutrition
 Prevention of communicable disease .
 Preparation of delivery and breastfeeding
 Mother craft training

8. POSTNATAL PREVENTIVE
PEDIATRIC
 Promotion of breast feeding
 Introduction of complementary feeding in
appropriate age
 Immunization prevention of
accidents
 Growth monitoring periodic health check up

9. SOCIAL PREVENTIVE
PEDIATRIC
“The application of principles of social medicine
to pediatrics to obtain a more complete
understanding of the problems of children in order
to prevent and treat disease and promote adequate
growth and development through and organized
structure.

10.  Total health need should be provided
as :
 Healthy and happy parents
 Balanced and nutritious diet
 Clean ,healthful house and living
environments.
 Developmental needs like play , recreation
,love and affection ,safety and security ,
recognition and companionship as emotional
food.

11. FAMILY HEALTH
 Child health depends upon family ,physical
,social conditions, which include family size
,family income ,standard of living , parents
educations ,culture ,customs, traditional habits
,childbearing and child rearing practices
,family relationship ,family stability ,etc.

12. AIMS
 Reduction of maternal ,infant ,and child
mortality rates
 Improvement of family planning practices .
 Improvements of nutritional status of all family
members
 Increasing health awareness .

13. SUB AREAS OF FAMILY
HEALTH
 Maternal and child health service including
immunization .
 Family welfare service
 Nutritional services

14. FACTORS INFLUENCING
FAMILY HEALTH
 Environmental factors
 Economical factor
 Educational factors
 Social factors

15. MCH

16. RCH

17. Breast feeding BFHI

18. Weaning ICDS

19. NRHM

20. IMMUNIZATIN

21. UNDER FIVE CLINIC

22. DEFINITION
 Under five clinic is a center, where preventive
,promotive , curative, referral and educational
services are provided in a package manner
to under five children under one roof.

23. SYMBOL

24. CARE IN ILLNESS
 1.Diagnosis and treatment of:
a) Acute illness
b) Chronic illness
c) Disorders of growth and development
2.X-ray and laboratory services .
3.Referral services

25. ADEQUATE NUTRITION
 Breastfeeding ,weaning and balanced diet of
theunder-5 children.
 Almost all nutritional disorders like PEM ,
anemia ,rickets, nutritional blindness occur in
this age .

26. Immunization
 Immunization of six killer diseases as per
national immunization schedule
recommendation .

27. FAMILY PLANNING
 The family planning program is successfully
conducted through these clinics.
 Mothers attending the clinics receive
counselling with different aspects of family
planning practices , it is significant concern for
the health and well being of the child.

28. HEALTH EDUCATION
 Preventive measures against malnutrition ,ARI
, diarrhea tuberculosis ,worm infestation etc.
 It should be informed to the mothers to
improve awareness about the disease and its
prevention .

29. SCHOOL HEALTH
SERVICES

30.  IMNCI

31.  NURSES RESPONSIBILITY IN PREVENTIVE PEDIATRICS