WEEK 15

• Common Reproductive Issues include conditions such as infertility, menstrual cycle disorders, and sexually transmitted infections.
• The Reproductive Health Bill and other Existing DOH Programs on Maternal and Child Care aim to provide universal access to methods on contraception, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care in the Philippines.
• Patient’s Bill of Rights and Obligations include the right to privacy, confidentiality, and informed consent.
• Communication and teaching with Children and Families involve providing information and education about reproductive health issues.
• The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, also known as the Reproductive Health Law or RH Law, and officially designated as Republic Act No. 10354, is a Philippine law that provided universal access to methods on contraception, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care in the Philippines.
• Abortifacient refers to any drug or device that induces abortion or the destruction of a fetus inside the mother’s womb or the prevention of the fertilized ovum to reach and be implanted in the mother’s womb upon determination of the FDA.
• Adolescent refers to young people between the ages of ten (10) to nineteen (19) years who are in transition from childhood to adulthood.
• Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEMONC) refers to lifesaving services for emergency maternal and newborn conditions/complications being provided by a health facility or professional to include the following services: administration of parenteral oxytocic drugs, administration of dose of parenteral anticonvulsants, administration of parenteral antibiotics, administration of maternal steroids for preterm labor, performance of assisted vaginal deliveries, removal of retained placental products, and manual removal of retained placenta.
• The patient has the right to review the records pertaining to his/her medical care and to have the information explained or interpreted as necessary, except when restricted by law.
• The patient has the right to ask and be informed of the existence of business relationships among the hospital, educational institutions, other health care providers, or payers that may influence the patient’s treatment and care.
• The patient has the right to consent to or decline to participate in proposed research studies or human experimentation affecting care and treatment or requiring direct patient involvement and to have those studies fully explained prior to consent.
• The patient has the right to be informed of available resources for resolving disputes, grievances, and conflicts, such as ethics committees, patient representatives, or other mechanisms available in the institution.
• A patient who declines to participate in research or experimentation is entitled to the most effective care that the hospital can otherwise provide.
• The patient has the right to be informed of the hospital’s charges for services and available payment methods.
• The patient has the right to be informed of hospital policies and practices that relate to patient care, treatment, and responsibilities.
• The patient has the right to expect that the hospital will emphasize the confidentiality of this information when it releases it to any other parties entitled to review information in these records.
• The patient has the right to expect reasonable continuity of care when appropriate and to be informed by physicians and other caregivers of available and realistic patient care options when hospital care is no longer appropriate.
• Communicating with Families
• Respect and encourage feedback from families.
• One essential step toward achieving a family-centered care environment is to develop open lines of communication with the family.
• Remain nonjudgmental.
• Respect family diversity.
• Encourage families to write down their questions.
• Recognize that families come in various shapes, sizes, colors, and generations.
• Give families both verbal and nonverbal signals that send a message of availability and openness.
• Avoid assumptions about core family beliefs and values.
• Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (CEMONC) refers to lifesaving services for emergency maternal and newborn conditions/complications as in Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care plus the provision of surgical delivery (caesarian section) and blood bank services, and other highly specialized obstetric interventions.
• Family planning refers to a program which enables couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children and to have the information and means to do so, and to have access to a full range of safe, affordable, effective, non-abortifacient modem natural and artificial methods of planning pregnancy.
• Fetal and infant death review refers to a qualitative and in-depth study of the causes of fetal and infant death with the primary purpose of preventing future deaths through changes or additions to programs, plans and policies.
• Gender equality refers to the principle of equality between women and men and equal rights to enjoy conditions in realizing their full human potentials to contribute to, and benefit from, the results of development, with the State recognizing that all human beings are free and equal in dignity and rights.
• Maternal health refers to the health of a woman of reproductive age including, but not limited to, during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period.
• Modern methods of family planning refers to safe, effective, non-abortifacient and legal methods, whether natural or artificial, that are registered with the FDA, to plan pregnancy.
• This implies that people are able to have a responsible, safe, consensual and satisfying sex life, that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when, and how often to do so.
• Fairness and justice in the distribution of benefits and responsibilities between women and men is a key concept in reproductive health.
• Reproductive health involves women and men, but it is more critical for women’s health.
• Reproductive Health (RH) refers to the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in all matters relating to the reproductive system and to its functions and processes.
• Natural family planning refers to a variety of methods used to plan or prevent pregnancy based on identifying the woman’s fertile days.
• Maternal death review refers to a qualitative and in-depth study of the causes of maternal death with the primary purpose of preventing future deaths through changes or additions to programs, plans and policies.
• Male responsibility refers to the involvement, commitment, accountability and responsibility of males in all areas of sexual health and reproductive health, as well as the care of reproductive health concerns specific to men.
• This further implies that women and men attain equal relationships in matters related to sexual relations and reproduction.