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Maternal Health Awareness Quiz

Test your knowledge on maternal health and the factors that influence maternal mortality. This quiz is designed to help you understand critical issues surrounding maternal and neonatal care.

Key highlights:

Assess your understanding of maternal mortality risks
Learn about vital maternal care practices
Enhance awareness of global health challenges

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by CaringGuide247

1. At which period in the continuum of care can maternal mortality be reduced most?

Antenatal

Intrapartum

Postnatal

All of the above are equally important

2. About maternal and neonatal deaths, choose the wrong statement

Most of maternal death happen around labour or within 24 hours after delivery

50% of neonatal deaths occur between day 5 and 7; this is why home visits are so important after discharge.

Most important causes of newborn deaths are: preterm, intrapartum & sepsis

The region facing the highest proportion of maternal death due to sepsis is Southern Asia.

3. Which of the following is a direct cause of maternal mortality?

A. Death from malaria while being pregnant.

B. Death from AIDS while being pregnant.

C. Sepsis the first day post-partum

D.Being hit by a car while being pregnant.

4. Which of the following situations is not defined as maternal death?

A. A woman who dies from the complications of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy

B. A woman, 6 weeks pregnant, who dies in a car accident

C. A woman who commits suicide because of an unintended pregnancy

D. A woman who commits suicide because of a postpartum depression, 40 days after delivering her child

5. One of the following is NOT a signal function of Basic Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care

A. Administration of antibiotics

B. Blood transfusion service

C. Neonatal Resuscitation

D. Evacuation of retained product of conception

6. Which one is NOT a 2018 WHO recommendation for intrapartum care?

A. Companionship of choice is recommended for all women throughout labour and childbirth

B. For pregnant women with spontaneous labour onset, the cervical dilatation rate threshold of 1 cm/h should be used to identify women at risk of adverse birth outcomes

C. Encouraging the adoption of mobility and an upright position during labour in women at low risk

D. Newborns without complications should be kept in skin to skin contact with their mother during the first hour after birth to prevent hypothermia and promote breastfeeding

7. Maternal near-miss is an indicator used to assess what?

A. Maternal morbidity

B. Perinatal mortality

C. Maternal mortality

D. Prevalence

8. Which which women are considered "at risk" during pregnancy?

A) Only women with risk factors are at risk

B) Women with complications that can be predicted

C) All women but some more than others

D) Women with less access to healthcare

9. Which of the following statements is wrong about the causes of maternal deaths in the world

A. In sub-Saharan Africa haemorrahge is the leading cause of maternal deaths

B. Indirect causes are the leading cause of maternal deaths in the high-income countries

C. Most of the interventions to treat indirect causes of maternal deaths require high level of competence

D. Malaria in pregnancy is a direct cause of maternal deaths

10. Concerning measurement of maternal mortality which of the following statements is false.

A) Direct household surveys are expensive.

B) When using the civil and vital registration system, the actual maternal mortality is underestimated thus the numbers should be inflated to have a better estimation.

C) Direct household surveys need a big sample size to be accurate.

D) Confidence intervals should not be used to compare different measurements.

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