Primary Health Care Flashcards
What is the mission of Primary Health Care?
To strengthen the health care system by increasing opportunities and supporting the conditions and supporting the conditions wherein people will manage their own health care
Key/core strategy of primary health care
Partnership with and empowerment of the people
Pillars or cornerstone of primary health care
Support Mechanism available
Community participation active
Appropriate technology
Multi-sectoral linkages
Major source in the support mechanism available
People, government, and private sectors
Method used to provide a socially and environmentaly acceptable level of service or quality product at the least economic cost
A - appropriate technology
What are the four As in appropriate technology?
Acceptability
Availability
Accessibility
Affordability
Healthcare services are compatible with the culture and traditions of the population
Acceptability
Is a question whether the health service is offered in health care facilities or is provided on a regular and organized manner
Availability
Ensures the availability and accessibility of affordable essential drugs. It sells low priced generic home remedies, OTC, and common antibiotics
Botika ng bayan
Mass door to door measles immunization campaign
Ligtas sa tigdas ang pinas
Mass immunization against polio during the 2019 outbreak.
Sabayang Patak Kontra Polio
Distance or travel time required to get to a health care facility or services
Accessibility
Consideration of individual, family, community and government can afford the services
Affordability
Two-way referral system; communication, cooperation and collaboration within the health sectors
Intrasectoral linkages
Between the health sector and other sectors like education, agriculture and local government officials
Intersectoral linkages
Three main element define PHC:
*primary care and essential public health functions as the core of integrated services
*multisectoral policy and action
*empowered people and communities
Father of generics act
Dr. Alfredo Bengzon
Republic Act of 6675
Generic act of 1998
Solution to the absence of a medical officer
Oplan walang reseta program
It is a quality improvement through a certification/recognition program.
Sentrong Sigla Movement (SSM)
4 pillars of SSM
*health promotion
*grants and technical assistance
*quality assurance
*awards: cash, plaque, certificate
Elements of primary health care:
- Education for health
- Locally endemic disease control
- Expanded program on immunization
- Maternal and child health and family planning
- Environmental sanitation and promotion of safe and water supply
- Nutrition and promotion of adequate food supply
- Treatment of communicable diseases and common illness
- supply of essential drugs
Principles of primary health care
- 4 As
- Community participation
- People are the center, object, and subject of development
- Self reliance
5.partnership between the community and the health agencies - Recognition of inter-relationship between the health and development
- Social mobilization
- Decentralization
Major strategies of primary health care
- Elevating health to a comprehensive & sustained national effort
- Promoting and supporting community managed health care
- Increasing efficiencies in the health sector.
4.. advancing essential national health research
Administrative order 144 of 2004
Botika sa baryo & botika sa health center
Refers to a drug outlet wherein primary, non-prescription generic drugsa and selected prescription drugs are made available.
Botika sa baryo & botika sa health center
Available generics in botika sa baryo & health center
Cotrimoxazole
Amoxicillin
Rifampicin
Isoniazid
Pyrazinamide
Paracetamol
Oresol
Nifedipine
Our contribution of PHC to DOH and economy
*training of health workers
*creation of Botika sa baryo & botika sa health center
*herbal plants
*oresol
