Primary HealthCare Flashcards
Prevention, treatment, and management of
illness and the preservation of mental
health through the services offered by the
medical, nursing, and allied health professions
Embraces all the goods and services
designed to promote health
Encompass everything done by healthcare
professionals
Prevention of diseases, promotion of
health and preservation of life
Healthcare
Promote the concept of primary healthcare
Evaluate present healthcare situation
Define principles of Primary Health Care
Define roles of government, national, and
international organizations
Formulate recommendations for development
The Alma Ata Declaration
Main guiding concept in Primary Health Care:
Empowerment of the people
The Local Government Code of 1991
which resulted in devolution
Transferred the power and authority
from the national government to
local government to develop self-
reliant communities
Republic Act 7160
Vision: Health for All Filipinos was set
by DOH Secretary Juan Flavier
Goal: Health for All Filipinos and Health
in the Hands of the People by the Year
2020
Republic Act 7160
is characterized by
partnership and empowerment of
the people to provide essential
health services that are community
based
Concept of PHC
Mission: In partnership with the people, provide equity, access and quality
health care especially the marginalized
which brought about the Sentrong Sigla
movement in order to achieve it
Republic Act 7160
is a whole-of-society approach to
health that aims at ensuring the highest
possible level of health and well-being
and their equitable distribution by
focusing on people’s needs and as early
as possible along the continuum from
health promotion and disease prevention
to treatment, rehabilitation and palliative
care, and as close as feasible to people’s
everyday environment
Primary Healthcare
is people-centered rather than
disease-centered
PHC
is the most inclusive, equitable, cost- effective and efficient approach to enhance
people’s physical and mental health, as well
as social well-being
PHC
trained
community workers or health
volunteers
Barangay Health Workers
Med tech, Doctors, Nurses, etc.
Intermediate Primary Health Care
Worker
Equal access, equal needs
Every person and group are given
same resources
Equality
Being fair and just
Know and recognize that different
communities have different
circumstances
More goods and services are given to
those who are in need and more
vulnerable to achieve similar health
outcome
Equity
Four Cornerstones/Pillars in Primary Health care
equitable distibution
active community participation
intra and inter-sectoral linkages
use of appropriate technology
Health care provided by center
physicians, public health nurse, rural
midwives, barangay health workers, and traditional healers
Where health concerns are
addressed first
No laboratory services and minor
surgeries are not performed
Primary Level of Care
Given by physicians and other allied
health professionals for the assessment
and treatment of health problems
Minor surgeries and simple laboratory
procedures
Secondary Level of Care
Healthcare is rendered by specialist in
health facilities
Complicated case and Intensive Care are
provided
Major surgeries
Tertiary Level of Care
it is a state of complete
physical, mental, and social well-being and
not merely the absence of disease and
infirmity
A dynamic state or conditions of humans
that is multidimensional in nature
Results from one’s interaction and
adaptation to his or her environment
Health
refers to condition which enables a
person to maintain a strong and
healthy body
Physical Health
refers to how a person thinks of
himself, control his emotions and
adjust to environment (psychological)
Mental Health
refers to ways a person feels, think and
acts towards everybody around him
Social Health
Can be defined as bringing about social
change that allows people to achieve their
human potential
Success of health programs in the
community is measured by bringing
about behavioral changes
It is a process rather than an outcome
Often regarded as something that is done by
one group to another
Development
is central to development - Gro
Harlem Brundtland
Viewing good health as a mean to further
economic development
Health
as constituent
components of development
Health and healthcare
True or False. The link between health and economic
development is two-directional because health
depends on economic development in the same
way that economic development depends on
health
Low income = poor health
true
