CHILD WELFARE CLINIC (CWC)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the visit, the student will be expected to:
- Describe and discuss the purpose of conducting CWCs
- List clinic procedures and services provided at the CWC giving reasons as to why these services are provided
- Describe and discuss the CHDR
- Describe the referral process
- Assess the quality of services provided at a CWC
- Describe the usefulness of clinic records and returns
- Discuss the constraints in providing services at CWC and make suggestions to improve these services.
- Critically evaluate the services provided and make recommendations to improve the services
Content areas
- Organisation of a child welfare clinic
- Services provided at a CWC
- Child Health Development Record and its use for healthcare providers and parents
- Components of the Growth Monitoring Programme
- Childhood immunization and the steps in the immunization procedure
- Infant screening
- Indications for specialist care and the referral process
- Health promotion and education for parents
- Indications for supplementation in childhood
Learning activities:
- Observe service delivery by following a child through the process of the CWC
- Provide health promotion and counselling to parents of pre-schoolers
RECOMMENDED READING MATERIAL
- Ministry of Health 2015, 'Child Health Development Record', Colombo.
- Family Health Bureau, Integrated Nutrition Package, Ministry of Health, Colombo.
- Epidemiological Unit 2002, 'Immunization Handbook', Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Welfare, Colombo.
- Family Health Bureau, Annual Report on Family Health Sri Lanka -2014, Ministry of Health, Colombo.