On January 15, 2025, the National Health Commission and four other departments jointly issued the “Opinions on Promoting the Construction of Fertility-Friendly Hospitals”, proposing to include maternal depression screening into routine maternal and childbirth health care services and postpartum visits, and early identification Maternal mental health problems require timely intervention or referral.
A guideline document to advance efforts to build birth-friendly hospitals issued by the National Health Commission and three other authorities on January 15, 2025 outlines measures to integrate perinatal depression screening into routine prenatal and postnatal care. The move seeks to detect mental health issues in pregnant women at an early stage and facilitate timely intervention or referral.
In the early morning of January 1, 2025, in the obstetrics and gynecology center of the Bethune First Hospital of Jilin University in Changchun, Jilin, the attending physician Chen Chen (right) communicated with pregnant women. Image source: Xinhua News Agency
【Knowledge Points】
The construction of fertility-friendly hospitals reflects the people’s yearning for a better life and is related to the overall high-quality development of the population and the health and well-being of thousands of households. The “Opinions on Promoting the Construction of Fertility-Friendly Hospitals” (hereinafter referred to as the “Opinions”) proposes that the construction of fertility-friendly hospitals be an important support for the active fertility support policy system and be accelerated as an important part of promoting the construction of the medical and health service system. Through the construction of fertility-friendly hospitals, medical institutions’ fertility medical and health care services will be made more high-quality and standardized, the environment and facilities will be more comfortable and warm, the diagnosis and treatment process will be more convenient and efficient, and the people’s sense of gain, happiness, and security will be significantly improved. The goal is to reach 90% of birth-friendly hospitals in midwifery medical institutions by 2030.
The “Opinions” put forward a series of pragmatic measures: First, promote the concept and mechanism of friendliness, guide midwifery medical institutions to embody the principle of birth-friendliness in system decision-making, staffing, venue facilities, guarantee mechanisms, incentive policies, etc., and strictly implement the maternal and infant safety guarantee system , and continue to improve the treatment capabilities of critically ill pregnant women and newborns; the second is to promote The space is environmentally friendly, the layout of the obstetrics clinic is optimized, “one-stop” convenient services are provided, the establishment of high-quality and inclusive obstetrical beds is strengthened, and the inpatient environment is improved; thirdly, the whole process of service is promoted to be friendly, and reproductive health education is comprehensively strengthened, and fertility assessment is strengthened Guidance to ensure smooth and comfortable prenatal care and provide maternal-centered humanized analysis Delivery services, promote warm and comfortable delivery, provide postpartum care and breastfeeding, and strengthen newborn care; fourth, promote a friendly service model and guide pregnant women to determine the responsible physician when setting up their files, which will consist of an obstetrician or a medical The group provides comprehensive systemic health care services to pregnant women, enhances public health awareness, and strengthens periconceptional care Nutritional guidance and mental health care; fifth, promote friendly diagnosis and treatment procedures, promote comprehensive appointment diagnosis and treatment, implement time-scheduled appointments, promote centralized appointments for examinations and inspections, promote appointments for hospital delivery, and use wearable devices to provide home health monitoring for pregnant women and newborns. Establish and improve the public feedback mechanism to continuously improve services in a targeted manner.
【Important speech】
Population development is a major event related to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. We must focus on improving the overall quality of the population and support Chinese-style modernization with high-quality population development.
Population development is of vital importance to the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and efforts must be made to improve the overall population quality so as to support Chinese modernization.
——On May 5, 2023, Xi Jinping’s important speech at the first meeting of the 20th Central Financial and Economic Committee
【Related vocabulary】
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China Daily English Dianjin Studio (This article was first published on the “Study Powerful Country” learning platform)
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