Focus On Child Health PDF

Focus on Child Health
Presentation by Team of Shiksha

Sanskruti Utthan Nyas
(Vidarbha-Nagpur, Maharashtra)
TEAM ~ MEMBERS
Dr. Tapan Chakravarti, President,
Yogsadhak Arvind Janardan Londhe, Co-ordinator,
Abhishek Acharya,
Anamika Thakare, Ankita Pokale,
Prof. Jayashree Badhe, Madhuri Sapre &
Shubhangi Pankule
:: New Holistic Interventions ::
There is a need to improve access to child health. The Ministry of Health is
focusing on promoting child health through appropriate interventions. Presently, the
Department of School Education and Literacy, MHRD addresses the nutritional needs
of school going children in the age group of 6-14 years through the Mid- Day Meal
(MDM) Scheme. The Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) also addresses
the issues of child health. There is, however, a need to synergize the multi-sectoral
interventions taken by the relevant GOI Ministries. The existing schemes need to be
examined for their outcomes and impediments in implementation, including those
of co-ordination. This theme seeks views and suggestions on how to ensure greater
focus on child through improvements in existing schemes and hence we suggest
“ New Holistic Interventions ”
How we should Focus on
New Holistic Interventions
onChild Health ?
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SOLUTION ?
Ancient Indian Education System based on Inherent & Intervening concept of
Holistic Health is the sole solution for all above issues & problems.
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Improving the Nutrition and Health of children
Parents and the family members are not aware about their entitlements
from these nutrition and health programs. Therefore they are not accessing
the benefits especially from ICDS (Integrated Child Development
Scheme). There is a need to strengthen the health communication and
counselling component of the program to educate the parents about
feeding and care of the undernourished children. The parents of the mal-
nourished children need to be educated at the ICDS Centre. Health
Workers need to be trained in the broad area of Health including
communication and counseling.
There is a dire need to :
 Care to start with performing independently and completing the task
which will make children feel responsible and confident. Even if some
fail to complete the task, praise for their efforts and show them the way
to do it.
 Care to avoid loaded statements or words as weapons as they damage

to the child’s self esteem.
 Care to choose words carefully and to be compassionate. Children

should be made known that every one makes mistakes and still they
can be loved though their behavior may not be liked.
 Establishing house rules with their participation help children understand others as well
as their own expectation and develop self control.
 Care to spare time for children, doing activities with them e.g. playing indoor/outdoor
games, story making & telling, vacation etc.
 Care for being flexible & willing to adjust parenting style. Knowing own needs and
limitations as parent/ teacher is must as neither children nor parent/teacher should get
stressed over little things.
 All should be aware of child’s feeling ,anxieties and stress related issues. Help to child by
talking, listening patiently & assuring that he is loved and understood properly.
 Reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropout

 Achieve effective inter-departmental co-ordination of policy and implementation
amongst the various departments to promote child development
 Enhance the capability of the mother & all to look after the normal health and nutritional
needs of the child through proper nutrition and health education.
 Increase in Numbers & housing capacity of Student Hostels in Urban Areas WITH
COMPLETE FACILITIES & AMINITIES with due care for total Healthy Environment.
 Provision of similar hostel and/or other accommodation facilities in Rural, Remote
locations nearer to Schools/Colleges.
 Educational Centers including that of residential facilities should be Student caring in
respect of all services required including that of fully developed Techno oriented
Guidance desk/Centre.
 The students should be acquainted with different social media formats taking all due care
on the guiding principles as advised by Medical, Technical, Scientific experts.
Nation wide full-fledged Human
Power Surveys be carried out and

on the basis of the reports/
recommendations of these surveys,
tailor made Schemes for opening
different types of Educational
Institutions should be planned &
operated. These Institutions be
well equipped along with
especially Health, Shelter &
Nutrition amenities & facilities.
For FOCUS on HOLISTIC CHILD HEALTH Care,
there is a dire need to:
 Improve the nutritional and health status of children with a view to nurture
children's self-esteem.
 Enhance the capability of the mother & all to look after the normal health and
nutritional needs of the child through proper nutrition and health education.
 Lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of
the child. All children are unique, no comparison should be made amongst them
unfavorably with others.
ALWAYS REMEMBER :
 A tiny child brain can store thousand time the Encyclopedia Britannica
Facts…. more that 200 trillion facts;
 Normal human brain grows 60 cm in whole life and 50 cm happen from
birth till age 5;
 If we constantly tell them ‘You can! You can’ they will become confident
enough to chart their own path through life;
 Every child is gifted, we can turn him in to a genius;
All out efforts should be made to make system of learning through “MULTIPLE
INTELLEIGENCE”, e.g. types of such learning streams can be :-
 Linguistic : Regional Language, Hindi & English and their Vocabulary Development;
 Kinesthetic : 14 Vidhya 64 Kala (Dance, In/Out door Games etc.)
 Musical : Vocal, Instrumental; Researches indicate that :
 Music is a powerful stimulant that can alter child’s mood instantly and create new bonds
and memories;
 Music has shown to increase overall intelligence by shaping the types of attitudes,
interests & discipline within children;
 Music can benefit in higher reasoning and motor skills and higher achievements in
language & mathematics in children.
 Visual : Drawing, Art, Craft etc.;
 Logical: Analytical, Problem Solving etc;
 Natural: Love towards Nature, Environmental
Studies;
 Interpersonal : Working with others ( in Group);
 Intrapersonal : Developing quality of Bhav
(Sentiment), Vichar (Thinking), Vani (Speech),
Karma (Activities) for self & others.
All efforts for rising Creative Children should be made :
Respect the children;

Ask their opinion;
Become ‘YES’ parents/teacher/guardian;
Involve them in decision making;
Allow them to experience and ask questions;
Allow them to sing, play and day dream (Scientifically proven that people who day
dream are most successful in life)
All Students rather All Children must be safe from the various types of offences
covered under different acts e.g. under Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children)
Act, 2000 amended in 2006, Sexual Offences under POCSO Act, 2012 etc.
Main Activities Essential for Improving Nutrition of
Children
• Nutrition Survey
• Develop Interpersonal Relationship among the concerned
• Awareness building activities at both rural and urban level
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Documentation
• It should be for child to all concerned
Main Activities for Improving Health of Children
Neonatal Health
• Essential care at all levels and for all
related personnel in the families.
• Essential new born care (at every
‘point of delivery’)
• Facility based sick born care (at FRUs
& District Hospitals) and afterwards
• Essential Care for Home born babies.
Nutrition
• Promotion of Optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices
• Micronutrient supplementation
• Management of children with severe acute malnutrition
Main Activities for Improving Health of Children
Management of Child hood Common Illnesses
e.g. Management of Childhood Diarrheal Diseases & Acute
Respiratory Infections
Immunisation
• Restriction/Rationalisation of Intensification of Routine

Immunisation
• Polio Eradication
• Anti Worm Care.
Why present education system is a chaotic & failed one ?
This ancient Indian Education System was mother’s care.
It was also based on holistic health aspects for human being.
All those 14 + 64 were compact enough to bring up a man
complete in all sects i.e. mental, sentimental, physical, socio-
economical and spiritually sound.
This is what is left away from our present education
system which has resulted in creating “Machine Man” and not
a holistic human being.
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Presentation by Team of Shiksha

(Daily Life Style)

 Care to avoid loaded statements or words as weapons as they damage

 Care to choose words carefully and to be compassionate. Children

 Reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropout

Power Surveys be carried out and

Respect the children;

• Restriction/Rationalisation of Intensification of Routine

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