| Renovation of Maternal-child Healthcare Centers and the National Maternal-child Medical Center Based on the Mother and Child Act |
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Jong Yun Hwang |
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea |
| 모자보건법의 모자보건센터와 중앙모자의료센터의 기능 개선방안 |
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황종윤 |
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강원대학교 의학전문대학원 산부인과학교실 |
Correspondence:
Jong Yun Hwang,
Email: rapidhwang@kangwon.ac.kr
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| Abstract |
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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. |
| Key Words:
safety childbirth, maternal child health care center, mother and child act |
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