PHC and FCC Flashcards
What is the ultimate goal of primary health care?
better health for all
What are WHO’s five key elements to achieve the goal of PHC?
- reducing exclusion and social disparities in health (universal coverage reforms);
- organizing health services around people’s needs and expectations (service delivery reforms);
- integrating health into all sectors (public policy reforms);
- pursuing collaborative models of policy dialogue (leadership reforms)
- increasing stakeholder participation
What are the sustainable development goals related to child health?
Good health
Quality education
What are the Ottawa charter action areas for health promotion?
Strengthening Community Action
Building healthy public policy
Creating supportive environments
Developing personal skills
Reorienting health services
What should we consider with building capacity in child health?
- DoH
- children’s developmental stages
- individual (child) capacity
- family capacity
- community & organizational capacity
- BUILD ON STRENGTHS
what is a key factor in optimizing health in early childhood?
building capacities of parents and communities
What are examples of populations at risk?
- Aboriginal children
- Children of recent immigrants
- Children living in poverty
- Children with disabilities
What is family centred care?
an approach to care to support mutually beneficial partnerships between families and healthcare providers
What are the four key elements of FCC?
- Dignity & respect
- Information sharing
- Participation
- Collaboration
How can you practice respect and dignity? (FCC)
- introduce yourself and explain your role (e.g. NOD)
- Make patients/ families feel welcome
- Treat your patients as people first
- Acknowledge, respond & validate fears and concerns
- Recognize patient and family strengths
- Knock and ask permission before entering the patient room
- Make apparent that appropriate hand hygiene standards have been followed
How can you practice information sharing?
- Use plain language and limit medical jargon
- Ask open ended questions
-Pause for questions and concerns from P/F
- Always speak facing toward the P/F
- Practice active listening
- Explain, explain, explain
- Use multiple methods of communication
How can you practice participation?
- Provide care “with” patients and families instead of “to” or “for” them
- Ask patients/families how they want to be involved in the patient’s care
- Act upon your patients/families questions or concerns
- Practice teach back
- Thank patients for allowing you to participate in their care
how can you practice collaboration?
- Often referred to as patient engagement
- Include the voice of patients and families in how we design, deliver, and evaluate services
- A clearer picture of how we are doing
- Effective quality improvement and change management tool
What is cultural competence?
application of attitudes, knowledge, attributes, and skill required by nurses to provide appropriate care in relation to cultural characteristics of children and families
