CHN Chapter 3 Flashcards
- It Is an “Essential Health Care” based on practical and socially acceptable methods and technology.
- Made universal accessible to individual,family, and community.
Primary Health Care (PHC)
History of Public Health Care
- WHAT: Alma Ata Conference, first international conference on PHC
- WHEN: September 6-12, 1978
- WHERE: Alma Ata, USSR/ RUSSIA
- WHO: WHO/ UNICEF
- Legal Basis for PHC in the Philippines: (Letter of Instruction) LOI 949
- Signed by: Pres. Ferdinand Marcos on October 19, 1979
Goal of Public Health
- HEALTH FOR ALL FILIPINOS in 2000 and HEALTH IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE by year 2020.
- Filipinos are among the healthiest people in Southeast Asia by 2022, and Asia by 2040.
Mission of PHC
Strengthening the health system wherein people will manage their own health care
Key or Core Strategy of PHC
“PARTNERSHIP with and EMPOWERMENT of the people”
Pillars or Cornerstone of PHC using acronym SCAM
- Support Mechanism made available
- Community Participation Action
- Appropriate Technology
- Multi-sectoral Linkages
3 Major sources of PHC
- People
- Government
- Private Sectors (e.g. NGO, church…)
a process in which people identify problems and needs and assumes responsibilities themselves to plan, manage, and control.
Community Participation
- It is a method used to provide a socially and environmentally acceptable level of service or quality product at the least economic cost.
Appropriate technology
2 Types of Multi-sectoral changes
a. INTRASECTORAL LINKAGES (Two- way referral system) – communication, cooperation and collaboration within the health sectors.
b. INTERSECTORAL LINKAGES - between the health sector and other sectors like education, agriculture and local government officials.
Key Principles in Appropriate Technology (Acronym ACCEFS)
- A’s (Four As)
- Cost wise – economical IN NATURE
- Complex procedures which provide a simple outcome
- Effective
- Feasibility of use = possibility of use at all times
- Scope of technology is safe and secure
What are the Four A’s in acronym ACCEFS of Key Principles in Appropriate Technology?
- Accessibility - distance/ travel time required to get to a health care facility/ services.
- Affordability - consideration of the individual, family, community and government can afford the services.
- Acceptability - health care services are compatible with the culture and traditions of the population.
- Availability - - is a question whether the health service is offered in health care facilities or is provided on a regular and organized manner.
Examples:
* Botika ng Bayan - ensures the availability and accessibility of affordable essential drugs. It sells low priced generic home remedies, OTC and common antibiotics.
* Ligtas sa Tigdas ang Pinas- mass door-todoor mesles immunization campaign.
- target age: 9 months to below 5 years old.
3 Levels of Disease Prevention
a. Primary Prevention
b. Secondary Prevention
c. Tertiary Prevention
Type of prevention where the focus is on health
promotion and disease prevention.
Primary Prevention
curative, prevention of complications thru screening, early
diagnosis and treatment (Type of Prevention)
Secondary Prevention
- rehabilitative, prevention of disability
- continuing health supervision during rehabilitation to restore an individual to an optimal level of functioning
Tertiary Prevention
Referral System in Public Health Care (PHC)
a. Barangay Health Centers
- is under the management of Rural HealthMidwife (RHM).
b. Rural Health Unit
- is under the management or supervision of PHN
c. Public Health Nurse
- caters to 1:10, 000 population, acts as managers
in the implementation of the policies and activities of RHU, directly under the supervision of MHO
- it is a quality improvement initiative through a certification/ recognition program
- it also promotes continuous quality improvement as a complementing strategy
- it was established by DOH with LGUs having a logo of a Sun with 8 rays.
Sentrong Sigla Movement (SSM)
Steps in SSM Certification Process
- Philippines Department of Health (DOH) provides copies of quality standards to local government units (LGUs).
- Mayor/ Governor sends letter of intent to participate.
- DOH SS teams conducts assessment
- LGU facility gets certified, receive SS seal
- Certified facility gets monitored twice a year and tries to strive for higher level
standards.
4 Pillars of SSM
- Health Promotion
- Grants and technical assistance
- Quality assurance
- Awards: Cash, plaque, certificate
Levels and Category of SSM
a. Level 1 (Basic Certification)
- minimum input, process and output for integrated public health services for 4 core programs (Family Planning, EPI, Maternal Programs, & TB Program), facility systems, regulatory functions and basic curative services.
b. Level 2 (Specialty Award)
- second level quality standards for selected public health programs (includes other health programs in addition to Level 1 core programs) and facility systems.
c. Level 3 (Award of Excellence)
- highest level quality standards for maintaining level 2 standards for the 4 core public health programs and level 2 facility systems for at least 3 consecutive years.
4 Contributions of PHC to DOH and Economy
- Training of Health Workers
- Creation of Botika sa Baryo & Botika sa Health Center
- Herbal Plants
- ORESOL
3 Levels of Training
- Grassroot/ Village Health Workers
- includes Barangay Health Volunteers (BHV) and Barangay Health Workers (BHW)
-nonprofessionals, didn’t undergo formal training, receive no salary but are given incentive in the form of honorarium from the local government since 1993
- Initial link, 1st contact of the community - Intermediate
- these are professionals including the 8 members of the PHWs (e.g. General
Medical Practitioners, Public Health Nurses, Midwives).
- 1st source of professional health care
- provide support to the frontline health workers in terms of supervision, training,
referral services and supplies thru linkages with other sectors. - First Line Personnel – the specialist
- establish close contact with the village and intermediate level health
workers to promote the continuity of care from hospital to community to home.
- provide back- up health services for cases requiring hospital or diagnostic
facilities not available in health care.
it refers to a drug outlet managed by a legitimate community organization
(CO/ non- government organization (NGO and/ or the Local Government
Unit (LGU), with a trained operator and a supervising pharmacist.
Botika sa Baryo and Botika sa Health Center