PUBLIC HEALTH MIDWIFE (PHM)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the visit, the student will be expected to:
- Describe the role of the PHM in the delivery of domiciliary maternal and child care services
- Describe the process of registering a pregnant mother and following her up until delivery
- Describe the process of caring for post partum mothers and educating the mother on child care
- Describe child care activities carried out by PHMs
- Describe family planning services provided by PHMs
- Describe health promotional and other health care services provided by the PHM
- Describe the registers and records maintained by PHIs and returns submitted
- Discuss the usefulness of the data gathered and generated by PHIs in relation to their scope of work.
Content areas
- Duties of the PHM
- Organisation of the PHM area
- Registration of fertile couples/ eligible families and provision of domiciliary care
- Registration of pregnant mothers and field and clinic based antenatal care
- Postnatal visits and post partum care
- Registration of infants and well baby care including immunisation
- Growth Monitoring Programme at field and clinic level
- Family Planning services
- Well Woman care
- Indicators of PHM's performance
- PHM's diary, registers and records maintained and returns submitted
Learning activity: Observation of the office of the PHM and delivery of domiciliary care
RECOMMENDED READING MATERIAL
- Duty list of PHM
- Family Health Bureau, Annual Report on Family Health Sri Lanka -2014, 'Clinic Activities', pp 4 -11, Ministry of Health, Colombo.