tailieunhanh - Toolkit for Promoting Maternal and Child Oral Health in Colorado Communities

Reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies reduces the risk of maternal deaths. The contraceptive prevalence rate is only about 55 per cent leaving the rest of the women exposed to the risk of pregnancy, in many cases unwanted. Unmet need on contraception (limiting and spacing) is 21 per About 16 per cent of girls in the age-group 15-19 have begun childbearing (either have had a live birth or pregnant with the first child).34 The poor status of health of child-bearing adolescents, coupled with physiological immaturity elevates the risk of maternal and perinatal deaths. The adolescent fertility in India is a consequence of early marriage. About 43 per cent of currently married women in the. | Toolkit for Promoting Maternal and Child Oral Health in Colorado Communities Oral Health Unit Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment INTRODUCTION Background You cannot be healthy without oral health. Oral health and general health are not separate entities. The mouth is part of the body the same as the heart or the kidneys in that you cannot experience systemic or overall health without good oral health. Oral health is a critical component of health and must be included as part of individual and community health The landmark Oral Health in America A Report of the Surgeon General emphasized that oral health means much more than healthy teeth. It also means being free of chronic pain cancers lesions birth defects and other diseases and condition affecting the oral area. It is the part of the body that encompasses the mouth allows us to speak and smile sigh and kiss smell taste touch chew and swallow cry out in pain and convey a world of feelings and emotions through facial expressions. It also provides protection against infections and environmental insults. Oral examination can detect signs of nutritional deficiencies as well as a number of diseases including microbial infections immune disorders injuries and some cancers. Research shows associations between oral infections and heart and lung diseases stroke and low-birth-weight premature Purpose This toolkit was developed by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment CDPHE to assist Early Childhood Councils educators and others working to improve the oral health of young children in Colorado by offering information resources and tools. The toolkit is designed as a companion document to the Colorado Healthy Community Standards Oral Health that were developed to support maternal and child health efforts of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. For more information go to http ps mch . The standards are envisioned as .