ECE104 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH AND FIRST AID
| Course Code: | 4110104 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Early Childhood Education |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. HASİBE ÖZLEN DEMİRCAN |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
- Enhance the knowledge of socio-cultural and individual patterns in regard to Turkish family life and their influence on the health care of the family.
- Develop a clear understanding of the anatomy and physiology of female reproductive system, menstruation, antenatal care, child health, childhood diseases, and preschool physical examination and screening procedures.
- Apply the concept of health promotion and health maintenance of children from infancy through adolescence.
- Develop a clear understanding of the nursing process as a tool for providing comprehensive nursing care for mother and children from infancy to adolescence with common health problems.
Course Content
Defining mother and child health, factors affecting their health in the community, growth and development, common diseases in childhood: diarrhea, upper respiratory infections, infectious diseases such as hepatitis, meningitis and parasites; immunization; common accidents in childhood and preventive care; drug usage, emergencies and special applications; health problems of women in different periods of lifetime, sexual maturation, major issues related to menopause and aging.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the effects of socioeconomic status and cultural backgrounds on the child care process.
- List community resources available to promote the health of children.
- Identify community resources available for individuals during pregnancy.
- Identify medications given during pregnancy and postpartum stages, their effects.
- Identify childhood diseases and appropriate treatment.
- Select a physical exam appropriate to the infant/child’s age developmental stage.
- Predict common changes in the maternal body systems during pregnancy.
- Explain common teratogens and describe their potential effects on the embryo and fetus.
- Discuss the methods of contraception, their effectiveness, advantages and disadvantages.
- Select the appropriate monitoring of children’s well-being.
- Determine the most common complications of pregnancy including the causes of low birth weight and premature infants.
- Determine the abnormal development of children.
- Infer the stressors of illness for children and their family during each developmental stage.
- Illustrate the roles of other members of the health care team involved in the care of the child.
- Outline the routine activities of special health significance of preschoolers.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | To have the knowledge about 0-72 month old children's cognitive, motor, language, social and emotional development and self help skills and to be able to make applications to support this area. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | To be able to take measures for the protection of children's health. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | To know the importance of game in pre-school education and to support the education and development of the child through play. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | To recognize the pre-school education institutions in the scope of the purpose, structure and functioning of the Turkish education system. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | To have information about classroom management approaches to be used in educational environments and to effectively implement these approaches. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | To have information about international programs that are applied in the field of pre-school education and to use these programs' aspects that are appropriate to our culture in classroom practice. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | To be able to conduct research in the field of pre-school education and analyze and interpret research findings. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | To be able to prepare, implement and evaluate Turkish, science, math, art, music, movement, games, reading and writing preparation and field trip activities that support different areas of development (cognitive, motor, language, self-care, social and emotional) of pre-school children and can be planned as individual, small group, large group and integrated groups. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | To be able to use and to allow students to use audio-visual teaching materials appropriate for pre-school age children for their development. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | To be able to take responsibility and to fulfill these responsibilities in individual and group work. | ✔ | |||
| 11 | To understand the importance of family involvement in children's education and to plan activities related to family involvement. | ✔ | |||
| 12 | To have knowledge about literary genres prepared for pre-school children and to examine existing publications in terms of literary and artistic perspectives. | ✔ | |||
| 13 | To have knowledge about the importance and purpose of the use of formal and informal assessment methods appropriate for the age level and developmental level of pre-school children, and to apply and interpret different evaluation methods and to be able to interpret findings. | ✔ | |||
| 14 | To be able to follow/access, understand and question scientific publications for pre-school education. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution