Reproductive maternal and child health
Community Medicine · Topic 10
Source: NMC CBME Curriculum 2024 · Volume II · Community Medicine · Topic 10 · combined PDF page 276
Practice questions
- According to the scoping review, which periods are included in the maternal continuum of care?
- A review identified 496 records and included 29 studies on metrics for evaluating the maternal continuum of care. Which interpretation is most accurate?
- How many studies in the maternal-continuum scoping review defined the continuum in line with national maternal healthcare recommendations?
- A programme reports high antenatal service coverage but does not assess childbirth or postpartum services. What is the principal measurement limitation?
- Which proposed feature best addresses the measurement gap identified by the maternal-continuum review?
- The review describes a decline in maternal mortality in Ethiopia between 2000 and 2023. Which conclusion is consistent with the abstract?
- In the Guinea-Bissau RMNCH assistance study, which combination of evidence sources was used?
- How did stakeholders in Guinea-Bissau commonly characterize RMNCH-related official development assistance?
- The Guinea-Bissau study found formal coordination mechanisms alongside fragmented coordination. What is the best interpretation?
- Which tension did the comparison of donor documents and stakeholder perspectives highlight?
- Which funding pattern did the Guinea-Bissau study identify as a risk for further fragmentation?
- Which arrangement was proposed to improve RMNCH assistance coordination in Guinea-Bissau?
- Which institutional change was specifically proposed to address weaknesses in technical capacity within Guinea-Bissau's Ministry of Public Health?
- A programme in a politically unstable setting is redesigned using the Guinea-Bissau study's recommendations. Which change best reflects the proposed approach to programme duration and risk?
- Which paired action best reflects the study's recommendations for strengthening national ownership and sustainability?
- What evidence base did the climate-and-MCH scoping review synthesize?
- Which set contains maternal outcomes reported in the sub-Saharan African climate-change review?
- Which group of child outcomes was reported in the climate-change review?
- Which set consists entirely of climate-related exposures considered in the sub-Saharan African review?
- In addition to health outcomes, what cross-cutting concern did the climate review report for mothers and children?
- A clinician reads that a scoping review reported an association between climate hazards and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Which inference is methodologically sound?
- Why does the climate review support locally adapted rather than identical RMCH interventions across all settings?
- Which description correctly characterizes the Bangladesh antenatal-clinic MCH study?
- Among women in the Bangladesh antenatal-clinic survey, what was the reported mean number of antenatal visits?
- What proportion of women in the Bangladesh survey reported having no antenatal visits?
- A report from the Bangladesh survey states that 73.3% delivered in hospitals and 57.2% needed lower uterine caesarean section. Which interpretation is justified?
- Which statement correctly reports infant-care practices described in the Bangladesh survey?
- In the Bangladesh survey, 5.2% of families reported a death of a child under five. Which causes were described as the main reported causes?
- Why should the Bangladesh hospital survey's percentages not be interpreted as national prevalence estimates?
- The Bangladesh survey was cross-sectional and descriptive. Which conclusion should be avoided?