The Effectiveness of Conditional Cash Transfers: A Case Study of the Philippines Nathalie van

This can be defined as heath care that is received while pregnant, and can be seen through a few of the many ways to obtain care: going for regular monthly checkups, taking prenatal vitamins, eating properly and healthily to obtain the nutrients needed (U.S Women’s Health Department, 2012). A healthy pregnancy increases the chances for a healthy newborn, and according to the U.S Women’s Health Department (2012), “babies of mothers who do not get prenatal care are three times more likely to have a low birth weight and five times more likely to die than those born to mothers who do get care”. When taking care of the body and focusing on prenatal care, doctors are able to catch health problems in the baby earlier and health problems in the mother that can later affect the baby, and through proper prenatal care, it allows these issues to be treated early (U.S Women’s Health Department, 2012). In previous years and centuries, because prenatal care was not widely recognized, and future mothers did not recognize the importance of proper care of the fetus, the number of newborns born with birth defects or irregular vital signs was significantly higher than in today’s

Provide full antenatal care including the screening tests in the hospital, community and at home.

Explain how access to health care can promote the health of women and their babies during pregnancy. Access to health carers such as midwives, doctors and obstetricians can promote the health of women and their babies during pregnancy. These professionals are able to provide support and information, as they monitor the mother’s health and wellbeing and that of the baby. In addition, they are able to identify special medical or personal requirements that the mother may need.

“Monitoring and improving health in children” contributed to the decrease in childhood mortality and morbidity (Singh, 1996 ). The decline in mortality and morbidity in children one through four in the 1950s through the 1980s was due to many factors. “Immunization and vaccine preventable disease” and community health programs had a reduced effect on mortality and morbidity rates (Ahmad, Lopez, & Inoue, 2000). Children were required to have immunization shots before attending school. This is to keep down the spread of communicable diseases. Also, federal programs, such as Medicaid helped children that were poor (Centers for Disease Control

As a part of prenatal care, doctors watch for early signs of problems in the mother and the baby. When risk factors exist, such as high blood pressure, the doctor can sometimes take action to reduce risk. This is why seeking prenatal care is so important.

Children who are one year old to 36 months are eligible for enrollment in Centre Square Montessori Schoolhouse’s early childhood school program. Parents choose Montessori schools over generic child care facilities and public programs because they provide a gentle transition from home to school, and the way a child remembers their first foray into the world of education can color their relationship with learning forever.

This educational level isn’t mandated but anyone who has completed their compulsory education can choose to enter, it is typically attended by students ages 16-20. With the exception of one private school, there is no tuition fee for this level of education throughout the country.

Mueni advised women to attend pre-natal clinics at least four times during their pregnancy to improve both of their health and that of their unborn babies.

Prenatal care varies throughout different culture in many of ways. The video talks about few different culture like the Mayans and the US. According to the video Pregnancy and Prenatal Care Across Cultures is one of the ways the Mayan culture is different, is at around about three months the pregnant women go to visit the midwife to get check out. From that point on they visit the midwife every eight days. During the visit the midwife will use their hand to check the pregnancy and every fifteen days they will give the pregnant lady a massage to see if the baby is good and check to see if the baby is lying in a healthy position. They also go to the doctor to make sure the baby heartbeat is find.

When caring for a postpartum mother, it is very important to keep the new mother comfortable at all times during her stay in the hospital, making sure that her pain is well managed. Also, “for the first one hour after birth, checking vital signs every 15 minutes” should be a priority. (Leifer 2015, p.147). While caring for the new mother, the new born baby should also be properly monitor, it is very important to keep the vital signs of the new born checked at all times and also be sure that the APGAR score is good. Teaching the postpartum mother how to take care of herself, her new born baby and her family (not neglecting her partner) Is very important, especially if the baby is the first born into the

When a child is born, a referral is typically given to a community Health Centre by the hospital or health care professional. A nurse at the Health Centre will visit the child and mother during the six weeks following birth, during

In some cases, the programs require that households receiving transfers comply only with school enrollment. Interest in CCT programs has grown enormously over the past couple of decades. In some countries, Brazil and Mexico being the most outstanding, CCTs have become the largest social assistance program benefiting a large number of citizens in need. They have been acknowledged as a way of reducing inequality and helping households break out of an endless cycle where poverty is transferred from one generation to the next.

Acosta, P., & Velarde, R. (2015). “Sa pantawid, malapit nang makatawid!” (With Pantawid, we are closer to getting out of poverty!): an update of the Philippine Conditional Cash Transfer’s Implementation Program, Philippine Social Protection Note, The World Bank, No.8

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Although a lot of literature has praised the cash transfer programmes as a means of reducing poverty, there still remains a lot to be done in order to win the fight against poverty and deprivation. Many developing countries are still characterized by harsh conditions as low or no incomes, malnutrition, ill health, illiteracy and insecurity, among others. The impacts of these barrages of factors could combine to perpetually keep individuals in the vicious cycle of poverty if the right remedies are not put in place.