Group 2 Flashcards
_____
- multiple services rendered to individuals, families or communities by the agents of health services or professionals
- It is the process of providing or receiving medical treatment
PURPOSE: _____
HEALTH CARE
promoting, maintaining,
monitoring or restoring health
CHARACTERISTICS OF PHC
- based on ______, scientifically
sound and socially acceptable methods and technology
- it should be rendered _______,
acceptable to individuals and the
families in the community through
their full participation.
- its ______ should be at a cost
which the community and country can afford to maintain at every stage of their development in a spirit of self reliance and self-development
- it requires _______ of the health sector and other health-related factors, via, education, food and agriculture, social welfare, animal husbandry, housing, rural reconstruction, etc
practical
universally
availability
joint efforts
PHC WORKERS
Physician Nurses
Midwives
Nurse auxiliaries
Locally trained community health workers
Traditional birth attendants and healers
3 LEVELS OF HEALTH CARE
- PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
- SECONDARY LEVEL HEALTH CARE
- TERTIARY LEVEL HEALTH CARE
______
- first level of contact between the
recipient of care and the health care delivery system
- problems at this level are solved by the people with some assistance and guidance of health workers
- In rural areas, these services are
given by the means of sub centers,
PHC (Public Health Centers) and
CHC (Community Health Centers)
- In urban area, these services are
given by maternal child health and
family welfare centers and dispensaries
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
__________
- more complex problems are taken care mostly which require secondary level of preventive services and curative services
- services are provided at district
health centers/ hospitals
SECONDARY LEVEL
HEALTH CARE
_______
-provided at the state/regional/central level institutions
- these institutions serve as a referral units for primary and secondary levels
TERTIARY LEVEL HEALTH CARE
HISTORY OF PHC
- ____________
◦ the concept on primary healthcare
has emerged in the United States forthe first time, fighting against malaria at the community level
- ______
◦ The 30 th World Health Assembly
adopted resolution which decided that the main social target of governments and of WHO should be the attainment by all the people of the world by the year 2000 a level of health that will permit them to lead a socially and economically productive life - _________
◦ International Conference in PHC
was held in this year at Alma Ata,
USSR (Russia)
LATE 1960S AND EARLY 1970S
MAY 1977
SEPTEMBER 6-12, 1978
4 PILLARS OF PHC
- Community participation
- Intersectoral coordination
- Appropriate technology
- Support mechanism made available