It is impossible to determine the state of a child’s health using only one glance. After all, not only physical parameters, but also mental state should be taken into account here . The child should develop harmoniously, and this largely depends on the conditions in which he lives: the psychological situation in the family, the financial situation of the parents, and even their level of education are important.
Assessing the health status of a child is an important event, the results of which determine the group of health to which it belongs. In turn, knowledge of the health group allows you to determine the physical activity that is suitable for this child, and preventive measures for the diseases to which he is exposed.
Such an assessment is aimed at the timely identification and elimination of existing pathologies, because only in this way can improve the health of the nation.
Health Assessment Criteria
The health status of a child is determined by many criteria, divided into 2 groups: determining and characterizing.
The determining ones include the geneological, social and biological history.
Parameters of social history:
- Fullness of the family.
- Family education level.
- Housing and living conditions of the family.
- The psychological climate.
- Material support.
- The level of sanitary conditions.
Parameters of biological history:
- How did the pregnancy go?
- How was the birth?
- What was the health of the baby after birth.
A geneological history is determined for each disease, how much the whole family is predisposed to any pathologies.
The doctor should find out all these parameters at the first meeting, and then proceed with the criteria characterizing the child’s health status:
- Physical development.
- The state of the nervous system and psyche.
- The functioning of internal organs and systems (pulse, pressure, hemoglobin level , etc.)
- The presence (or absence) of malformations and developmental abnormalities.
After studying and examining all the points, the doctor gives a conclusion, determining which health group the child belongs to.
There are 4 groups in total
The first group includes healthy children who do not have any deviations or minimal malformations (the structure of the auricle, abnormalities of the nails, stigma, etc.), which cannot affect his state of health.
The second A group includes those who have minimal risks for the development and formation of chronic diseases, that is, they are burdened with a social, gyneological or biological history. For example, parental alcoholism, occupational hazards, or abnormalities in pregnancy.
In the presence of functional abnormalities, but the absence of any chronic processes in the body of children, they are included in the second B group.
The third group includes children with chronic diseases, and the fourth - children with disabilities.
Based on long-term follow-up, the health group may change, although often this should not be done (only after 9 months). The reason for the transfer may be an improvement in functional indicators, cure for acute illness, deregistration for a chronic disease.
Diagnosis of the state of health is necessary so that each child is given effective and necessary recommendations for a healthy lifestyle. So, children of the first group need only preventive recommendations. They must observe the daily routine, eat well and be tempered. Children of the second group are already in need of recreational activities in order for their health to improve, and they could move to the first group. Children from the third and fourth health groups are usually under the supervision of doctors and receive the necessary treatment, depending on the existing pathology.