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Table 1 PREVENIMSS main activities by age group

From: Strengthening preventive care programs: a permanent challenge for healthcare systems; lessons from PREVENIMSS México

Activities

Children

Adolescents

Women

Men

Older adults

 

0-10 years

11 -19 years

20-59 years

20-59 years

> = 60 years

Health promotion

Delivery of PREVENIMSS booklets

 

Measurement of height, weight and waist

Nutrition

Iron supplementation

Vitamin A supplementation

Intestinal parasites treatment

Intestinal parasites treatment

Folic acid supplementation (pregnant teenagers)

Detection of anemia; iron supplementation; folic acid supplementation (pregnant women)

  

Prevention and control of diseases

Vaccines: BCG, Sabin; DPT+HB+Hlb; Influenza; measles, rubella, pertussis,

Oral rehydration therapy for acute diarrhea, identification of alarm signs in acute respiratory infections

Vaccines: measles-rubella, tetanus toxoid, two-dose hepatitis B,

Provision of condoms to prevent STDs and HIV/AIDS and unwanted pregnancies

Vaccines: measles-rubella, tetanus toxoid, diphtheria

Tuberculosis: screening and directly observed treatment

Vaccines: measles-rubella, tetanus toxoid.

Tuberculosis: screening and directly observed treatment

Vaccines: pneumonia, influenza, tetanus toxoid and diphtheria;

Tuberculosis: screening and directly observed treatment

Screening

Congenital hypothyroidism,

Phenylketonuria.

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia,

Biotinidase deficiency,

Visual acuity,

Childhood caries

Visual acuity

Cervical cancer

Breast cancer

Type 2 diabetes

Hypertension

Type 2 diabetes

Hypertension

Cervical cancer

Breast cancer

Type 2 diabetes

Hypertension

Reproductive health

 

Family planning and antenatal care

Family planning