Chapter 12: Primary Health Care Strategies Flashcards
What are the 8 elements of Primary Health Care
Education
Nutrition
Sanitation
Maternal and child health
Immunization
Disease control
Medical care
Essential drugs
What are 3 main principles of Primary Health Care
Equity
Health promotion/prevention
Community participation
In low income countries ____ is the weakest link
Primary health care
What is a Health System?
“All actors, institutions and resources that ___”
Undertake health actions (primary intent is to improve health)
Medical care is not only almost irrelevant to health, but in areas where it consumed ___ it was even ___ to population health
Consumed large portion of the budget
detrimental to population health
Lalonde report was the first acknowledgment by an industrialized country that ____, by far behind ___.
Medical care was only a small contributor to population health
Behind lifestyle effects and environmental influences
Lalonde identified 4 variables that affected health
1) individual variation
2) health care
3) environment
4) lifestyle
Health Canada defines PHC as services beyond …
conventional medicine that contribute to health
5 basic Principles of PHC
Equity
Community participation
Health promotion
Intersectoral coordination
Appropriate technology
Which countries followed the principles of comprehensive PHC. They all have much better ____ than might be predicated from per capita income
China, Cuba, Sri Lanka, Kerla state India
Better population health indices
5 clinical elements of PHC
immunization
Breastfeeding
Oral rehydration therapy
Hygiene
Family planning
