Lesson 9 Flashcards
Made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community
Primary health care
Goal of primary health care
- HEALTH FOR ALL FILIPINOS by the year 2000 and HEALTH IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE by the year 2020
- an improved state of health and quality of life for all people attained through self reliance
Two levels of primary health workers
- Barangay Health Workers
- Intermediate Level Health Workers
These are trained community health workers or health auxiliary volunteers or traditional birth attendants or healers
Barangay Health Workers
These include PHN, Rural Sanitary Inspector, and Mdiwives
Intermediate Level Health Workers
The Primary Health Care Nurse focus on:
Health Promotion
Prevention of illness
Rehabilitation and Treatment
4 A’s
Accessibility
Available
Affordability and Acceptability
Appropriateness of health services
Heart and soul of Primary Health Care
Communication Participation
The center, object, and subject of development
People
Principles of PHC
- 4as
- Community Participation
- People are the center, object, and subject of development
- Self reliance
Not merely the absence of disease
Health
It is a quest of improved quality of life
Development
It enhances people participation or governance, support system provided by government, networking and developing secondary leader
Social Mobilization
Ensures empowerment
Decentralisation
Most delicate members of the community
Mother and child
