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Preventive healthcare/ MOH/ PHNS/ PHM Flashcards

1
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Preventive healthcare

Each healthcare is divided into

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  • Preventive healthcare
  • Curative healthcare
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Preventive healthcare

Central ministry is aka

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Line ministry

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Preventive healthcare

Central ministry is under

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health minster

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Preventive healthcare

Central ministry includes

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  • Communicable disease control programs- Dengue, TB, malaria
  • Epidemiology unit - immunization, surveillance
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5
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Preventive healthcare

Provincial ministry includes

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MOH

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Preventive healthcare

MOH is a

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  • doctor with a full SLMC registration
  • has a key role in preventive healthcare
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7
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Preventive healthcare

Does the MOH have a uniform

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no

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8
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Preventive healthcare

Is there an AMOH in every MOH area

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NO. Only some areas will have

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9
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Preventive healthcare

AMOH

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Additional MOH

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Preventive healthcare

main staff under MOH directly

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  • PHNS - Public health nursing sister
  • SPHI- Supervising public health inspector
  • School dental therapist
  • Public health field officer
  • Minor staff
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Preventive healthcare

Staff under PHNS

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  • SPHM- Supervising Public health midwife
  • PHM- Public health midwife
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Preventive healthcare

Staff under SPHI

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  • PHI - Public health inspector
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Preventive healthcare

Minor staff under MOH

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  • Drivers
  • Labourers
  • Spray machine
  • Operators
  • Clerks
  • Programme assistant
  • Planning assistant
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14
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Preventive healthcare

Duties of a MOH

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  • Conduct polyclincs
  • School medical inspection
  • Supervise immunization
  • Supervise the work of rural hospitals/ central dispensaries and maternal homes which do not have medical officers
  • Surveillance
  • Outbreak Ix and Mx
  • In- charge of all activities which he plans and direct
  • Is responsible for discipline of his staff
  • Supervises and controls the work of the entire personnel
  • Surveying the area and prepare the programmes of work based on them
  • Health education
  • Presides at staff conferences
  • Prepares and forwards reports- weekly/ monthly/ quarterly/ yearly
  • Carries out research and scientific Ix
  • Maintain diaries ( his and his staff)
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Preventive healthcare

Polyclinics

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  • Antenatal clinic
  • Postnatal clinic
  • Child welfare and immunization clinic
  • Family planning clinic
  • Well women clinic
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16
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Preventive healthcare

Besides polyclinics MOH will also conduct

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  • Healthy life centres
  • Programs/ clinics
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17
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Preventive healthcare

Healthy life style centers?

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For non- communicable diseases

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Preventive healthcare

Difference between programs and clinics

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programs are not routinely done and clinics are routinely held

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Preventive healthcare

Programs

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Depending on the necessoty MOH decides to conduct programs
* Based on nutrition
* Related to elderly
* Related to disabled

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20
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Preventive healthcare

Two types of staff conferences

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  • Local conferences
  • Monthly conferences
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21
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Preventive healthcare

Local conferences last

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half a day generally

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22
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Preventive healthcare

How often is a local conference held

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Monthly

23
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Preventive healthcare

Local conferences are conducted by

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the area PHI

24
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Preventive healthcare

MOH staff present in local conferences

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  • PHI
  • PHM
  • SPHI
  • PHNS
  • SPHM
  • MOH may or not be present
25
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Preventive healthcare

Resource people in the local conference

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  • SPHI
  • PHNS
  • SPHM
  • MOH may or not be there
26
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Preventive healthcare

Is the grama niladari present in local conference

A

invited to attend but not always present

27
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Preventive healthcare

Monthly advanced programmes done during the local conferences are for

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for the next month

28
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Preventive healthcare

Whose performances are evaulated in the local conferences

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  • PHI
  • PHM
29
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Preventive healthcare

Monthly conferences last

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a full day

30
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Preventive healthcare

Who leads a monthly conference

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led by MOH

31
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Preventive healthcare

Which MOH staff is present in the monthly conference

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all MOH staff

32
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Preventive healthcare

Monthly conferences held in the district level includes

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  • RDHS
  • CCP- consultant community physician
  • MO MCH- maternal and child health
  • RE- Regional epidemiologist
  • MO planning
  • MO NCD
  • RSPHNO- Regional supervising Public health nursing officer
  • SPHI- D Supervising PHI district
  • SSDT- Supervising School dental therapist
33
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Preventive healthcare

What’s done in monthly conferences

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  • Discuss new circulars, guidelines
  • Performance reviews - PHI, PHM, SDT
  • Performance session, stock analysis and logistics
34
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Preventive healthcare

Additional medical officer of health ( AMOH)

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  • Doctor w full SLMC registration. NOT A CONSULTANT
  • Same clinical work as MOH
  • Does admin work in the absence of MOH
35
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Preventive healthcare

Public health nursing sister (PHNS)

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  • uniformed staff
  • involved in polyclinics
  • Responsible for blood drawing and maintaining the vaccination refrigerator in polyclinics
36
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Preventive healthcare

Supervising Public Health Midwife

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  • Informed staff
  • Immediate supervisor to PHM
  • Involved in polyclinics
  • Does PHM duties and is the most senior PHM
37
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Preventive healthcare

Who is in charge of the vaccination refrigerator in polyclinics

A

PHNS

38
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Preventive healthcare

PHM

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  • Uniformed staff
  • Does home visits
  • Does polyclinics
  • Skilled and equipped to assist NVD
  • 24H on- call
  • She has an office for herself usually in her residence
39
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Preventive healthcare

Who is skilled and equipped for NVD at home

A

PHM

40
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Preventive healthcare

Who has an office to themselves

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PHM - usually at her residence

41
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Preventive healthcare

Which MOH staff is available 24H on- call

A

PHM

42
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Preventive healthcare

Duties of a PHM

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  • Pre- PG care
  • Polyclinics
  • Domiciliary care- homevisits
  • Immunization-** she administers vaccines**
  • Health education
  • Maintain documents and records
  • Maintains an office w displays and charts
  • Participants in monthly conferences
43
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Preventive healthcare

An MOH area population includes

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~60k Population

44
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Preventive healthcare

MOH area population can even go upto

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~200k

45
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Preventive healthcare

PHI area population

A

~10k population

46
Q

Preventive healthcare

AMOH is assigned

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for any additional 30k population under an MOH area

47
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Preventive healthcare

PHM area population

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~ 3k- 5k/ 2k- 4k population

48
Q

Preventive healthcare

smallest working unit in government health sector is

A

PHM area

49
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Preventive healthcare

MOH clinic is under the

A

MOH

50
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Preventive healthcare

Field clinics

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is also under the MOH

51
Q

Preventive healthcare

Weighing posts is under the

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under the PHNS - temporary places like temples, municipal councils

52
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ANC

what’s included in the maternal care package

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  • given by the family health bureau
  • contains a guide to field healthcare workers
  • ensures continuum of care
53
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ANC

what’s included in the service package for newly married couples

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  • marriage registrar invitation card
  • Pre conception/ Pre PG screening tool
  • BMI
  • “our wishes for you blissful home” booklet
  • Booklet for healthcare workers
54
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