Renovation of Maternal-child Healthcare Centers and the National Maternal-child Medical Center Based on the Mother and Child Act
10.21896/jksmch.2019.23.1.7
- Author:
Jong Yun HWANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea. rapidhwang@kangwon.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
safety childbirth;
maternal child health care center;
mother and child act
- MeSH:
Child;
Delivery of Health Care;
Emergencies;
Humans;
Jurisprudence;
Mothers;
Population Growth;
Pregnancy;
Pregnancy, High-Risk
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health
2019;23(1):7-12
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
The Mother and Child Act is the most important law set up to maintain and improve maternal-child healthcare. This act was established in 1973 and was revised to improve maternal-child healthcare. This act includes the establishment and management of a maternal-child healthcare center in the district, a maternal-child regional healthcare center in the province, and a national maternal-child medical center. In the baby boom era, maternal-child healthcare centers provided maternity care and delivery services as well as emergency obstetrical management, but those centers stopped providing maternity care in the low birth-rate era. The last revised act included the establishment of a national maternal-child medical center to care for the increase in the number of high-risk pregnancies. This review briefly evaluates the goals and roles of a maternal-child healthcare center and a national maternal-child medical center according to the Mother and Child Act, and integrates high risk pregnancies with a neonatal care center to renovate the maternity healthcare system.
