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HOME CLEANLINESS
INSIDE
1. Sweep the
FLOORS in the house everyday
and rub them often.
Do not let anyone spit on the floor.
2. Keep the WALLS clean and free of
insects.
3. Keep all SLEEPING MATS clean,
and put them out in the sun for
a while each day.
4. Keep ANIMALS out of the house.
OUTSIDE
1. Keep the TOILET clean and be
sure all family members use it
2. Keep the GROUND around the house
clean and drained of all
pools or old tins of standing water
3. Keep ANIMALS away from places
where the children play
4. Burn all household waste or bury
it in a special pit.
BANDAGING: HAND, ARM OR
LEG-BANDAGE ROLL
1. Put the bandage on the following
figure 8 line.
PERSONAL CLEANLINESS:
1. Always wash HANDS with soap and
clean water;
- after using the toilet
- before preparing food - before
eating food
- and, clean your fingernails often
This will help prevent the family
from getting sick with diarrhea.
2. Always wash
the BODY with soap and clean water:
- everyda
- after working
hard and sweati
- and, your hair
at least twice a week
- and keep the
clothing clean next to your, body
This will help
prevent skin diseases.
3. Always BRUSH
the teeth at least once a day. This will help prevent aching
teeth and loss of teeth.
LISTENING TO BABY'S HEARTBEAT
1.
Place your ear directly on the
mother's bare skin below her
navel.
2. The baby's heartbeat sounds
like a watch ticking under a pillow. The baby's heartbeat is fast
(usually between 120 to 160 beats a
minute)
3. In order not to confuse the
fetal heartbeat with the mother's feel
the mother's pulse for
comparison.
HIGH RISK
PREGNANCY
CHECKLIST
Refer to midwife if a pregnant
woman has any of the following conditions:
1. This is her first baby
2. She has seven children and is
over age 35
3. She has had abortions 3 or more
4. Last labor difficult with baby's death
5. Last labor difficult by operation
6. Very pale under eyelid
7. Vaginal discharge
8. Swelling of ankles
9. Edema
10. Dizziness
11. Vomiting
12. Fits
13. Vaginal bleeding before delivery
14. Breathlessness
15. Blue color of skin
16. Pulse 100 +
17. Frequency of urination (every 1/2 hour if over 4 months
pregnant
18. Baby's heart no longer beat movements of baby.
19. You feel for the position of the baby in the mother's body and
fin the baby's head is not towards the birth opening.
20. The woman has cough and sputum for over two weeks
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