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Apr 11, 2018 · The Standards for improving quality of care for children and young adolescents aged 0–15 years in health facilities is the second series. The paediatric framework and standards are in the best interest of children and take into consideration a child’s right to health while recognizing that their health, physical, psychosocial, developmental and communication needs differ from those of adults.
- Who is the target audience?
- How can the standards of care be used and implemented?
- Every child receives evidence-based care and management of illness according to WHO guidelines
- STANDARD 2.
- STANDARD 3.
- Quality statement 6.3
- STANDARD 5.
- STANDARD 7.
- STANDARD 8.
- Individual and facility-level outcomes
Policy-makers, health care professionals, health service planners, programme managers, regulators and professional bodies.
The standards should be used to provide guidance in the preparation of national standards of care and protocols, organizing, and planning for services and the resources (e.g. essential medicines and supplies, equipment and human resources) required to provide quality care. They should be used to: Prepare evidence-based national standards and protoc...
All children are triaged and promptly assessed for emergency and priority signs to determine whether they require resuscitation and receive appropriate care according to WHO guidelines. All sick infants, especially small newborns, are thoroughly assessed for serious bacterial infection and receive appropriate care according to WHO guidelines. All c...
The health information system ensures the collection, analysis and use of data to ensure early, appropriate action to improve the care of every child. Every child has a complete, accurate, standardized, up-to-date medical record, which is accessible throughout their care, on discharge and on follow-up. Every health facility has a functional mechani...
Every child with condition(s) that cannot be managed effectively with the available resources receives appropriate, timely referral, with seamless continuity of care. Every child who requires referral receives appropriate prereferral care, and the decision to refer is made without delay. Every child who requires referral receives seamless, coordina...
All children and their carers experience coordinated care, with clear, accurate information exchange among relevant health and social care professionals and other staff. All children and their carers are enabled to participate actively in the child’s care, in decision-making, in exercising the right to informed consent and in making choices, in acc...
Every child’s rights are respected, protected and fulfilled at all times during care, without discrimination. All children have the right to access health care services, with no discrimination of any kind. All children and their carers are made aware of and given information about children’s rights to health and health care. All children and their ...
For every child, competent, motivated, empathic staff are consistently available to provide routine care and management of common childhood illnesses. All children and their families have access at all times to sufficient health professionals and support staff for routine care and management of childhood illnesses. Health professionals and support ...
The health facility has an appropriate, child-friendly physical environment, with adequate water, sanitation, waste management, energy supply, medicines, medical supplies and equipment for routine care and management of common childhood illnesses. Children are cared for in a well-maintained, safe, secure physical environment with an adequate energy...
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framework and standards for improving the quality of paediatric care in facilities, in December 2016, who are listed in Annex 1. We acknowledge the contributions of the 220 experts in 88 countries who participated in the Delphi study to build consensus on the quality measures and those of the external consultants
Jul 8, 2022 · The organizing framework for indicator development. Figure 1 shows the structure of WHO’s paediatric QSs. The 8 QSs describe what should be provided to achieve high-quality health care for children and young adolescents across the 8 quality domains (QDs).
To support ongoing global and national initiatives around paediatric quality-of-care programming at country level, the recommended indicators can be adopted using a tiered approach that considers indicator measurability in the short-, medium-, and long-terms, within the context of the country’s health information system readiness and maturity.
Oct 1, 2021 · Each quality assessment tool included was compared against the WHO ‘Standards for improving QoC for children and young adolescents in health facilities’.4 The WHO Standards comprises of eight overarching ‘QSd’, each one correlating to one domain of the framework for improving quality of paediatric care. Each QSd is composed of priorities or ‘Quality Statements (QSt)’ (total of 40 ...
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Quality of care. Quality of care is the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes. It is based on evidence-based professional knowledge and is critical for achieving universal health coverage. As countries commit to achieving Health for All, it is imperative to carefully ...
