Hunan Province has issued new standards for the development of medically supported childcare to encourage medical institutions to use their own sites to build childcare institutions – News – Hunan Online

Encourage medical institutions to use their own venues to build child care institutions

Our province has introduced new standards for the development of medically supported child care, requiring maternal and child institutions to use their professional advantages to support child care

Medical staff from Hunan Maternal and Child Health Hospital conduct child care examinations for infants and young children in day care institutions.Data pictures

Huasheng Online News on April 26 supports grassroots medical and health institutions in designing infant and child contract service packages, and encourages medical and health institutions to use their own venues to build childcare institutions… On April 26, reporters learned from the Hunan Provincial Health Commission that the commission In conjunction with the Hunan Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hunan Provincial Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention and other departments, we issued the “Notice on Promoting Medical and Health Institutions to Support the Development of Child Care Services” (hereinafter referred to as the “Notice”). Specific regulations have been made on how traditional Chinese medicine hospitals and other medical and health institutions can collaborate to support the development of childcare services.

Medical institutions support childcare and provide door-to-door guidance services

Support measures for primary medical and health institutions include supporting primary medical and health institutions in designing infant and young child contract service packages based on comprehensive consideration of service capabilities, needs of child care institutions and other factors. Higher-level hospitals within the medical consortium and leading hospitals in the compact county medical community select general practitioners and specialists to provide targeted technical support for order signing services.

For maternal and child institutions to use their professional advantages to assist childcare, the “Notice” proposes that maternal and child health care institutions at all levels should establish contact with childcare institutions within their respective administrative regions, sign a “medical education integration” cooperation agreement, and provide regular door-to-door guidance and services. Maternal and child health care institutions and related medical and health institutions at the provincial and municipal levels must select and dispatch medical personnel from child health care, child disease prevention and control and other related departments, according to the standard of no less than 1 person per 100 institutions, to patrol and dispatch to child care institutions throughout the province, using Provide various forms of training to practitioners in childcare institutions, and popularize knowledge on infant and young child growth and development and scientific parenting concepts.

Encourage medical institutions to use their own sites to build childcare institutions

How to give full play to the unique advantages of traditional Chinese medicine? The “Notice” proposes that traditional Chinese medicine hospitals at all levels (including hospitals of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine) should actively cooperate with childcare institutions to promote appropriate traditional Chinese medicine techniques such as pediatric massage, acupoint application, and medicated baths, and guide childcare Institutional practitioners master the knowledge and skills of traditional Chinese medicine related to diet, health care, etc., carry out public welfare experience activities of traditional Chinese medicine culture for parents, and promote the integration of traditional Chinese medicine into child care services.

In addition, the “Notice” encourages medical and health institutions to use their own sites to build childcare institutions, adopt a variety of methods such as public construction, public construction, private construction, private public assistance, etc., introduce qualified childcare institutions to provide childcare services for employees, and Requirements have been put forward for the service model, construction standards and support guarantees for expanding the childcare business.

According to the requirements, local health, traditional Chinese medicine, and disease control authorities should actively summarize and promote typical experiences based on local realities, enhance the initiative and enthusiasm of medical and health institutions to support the development of child care services, and continuously improve society’s trust in child care services. .

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Combining medicine and education to explore professional infant and child care strategies

Combining “medicine” and “education”, how can medical institutions provide support for the development of childcare? In 2023, the Hunan Provincial Infant Care Service Guidance Center was established and affiliated with the Hunan Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital (Hunan Provincial Children’s Health Center).

What are the results of the combination? The reporter learned from the interview that the center relies on the medical discipline advantages of Hunan Maternal and Child Health Hospital and focuses on nurturing care strategies in five aspects: infant health, nutrition, safety, responsive care and early learning opportunities.

At present, the hospital integrates professional medical knowledge in early childhood development, children’s health management, scientific parenting, health care and other aspects into the daycare disciplines, and has in-depth cooperation with universities, scientific research institutes, maternal and infant care institutions, high-tech enterprises, etc. to explore Establish a scientific child care guidance system and standards to help improve the province’s infant and child care capabilities, scientific parenting capabilities and care service levels of daycare institutions, and promote the high-quality development of infant and child care services in our province.

■Omni-media reporter Li Qi