WEEK 7 Flashcards
Includes programs and activities directed at community level and will benefit everyone or individuals who are not currently under the care of physician.
Public Health
Includes programs and activities directed at individuals who are currently under the care of physician who evaluates them for high-risk factors that can cause disease.
Risk Factor Evaluation
A status of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity regarded as person’s physical and psychological capacity to establish and maintain balance.
Health
3 Aspects of Health
Physical Health
Mental Health
Social Health
An aspect of health that refers to condition which enables a person to maintain a strong and healthy body.
Physical Health
An aspect of health that refers to how a person thinks of himself, control his emotions and adjust to environment.
Mental Health
An aspect of heath that refers to ways a person feels, think and acts towards everybody around him.
Social Health
“successful defense” of the host against forces landing to disturb body equilibrium.
Health
“failure of the body defense mechanism” to cope with forces tending to disturb body equilibrium.
Disease
Higher income and social status are
linked to better health.
(determinants of health)
Income and social status
Low education levels are linked with poor health, more stress and lower self confidence.
(determinants of health)
Education
Safe water and clean air, healthy workplace, safe houses, communities and roads all contribute to good health.
(determinants of health)
Physical environment
People in employment are healthier, particularly those who have more control over their working conditions.
(determinants of health)
Employment and working conditions
Greater support from families, friends and communities is linked to a better health.
(determinants of health)
Social support networks
Customs, traditions and the beliefs of the family and community all affect the health.
(determinants of health)
Culture
Inheritance plays a part in determining lifespan, healthiness and the likelihood of developing certain illness.
(determinants of health)
Genetics
Balanced eating, keeping active, smoking, drinking and how to deal with life’s stresses and challenges all affect health.
(determinants of health)
Personal behavior and coping skills
Access and use of services that prevent and
treat disease influence health.
(determinants of health)
Health services
Men and women suffer from different types of diseases at different ages.
(determinants of health)
Gender
Who defines this as essential health care made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community by means acceptable to them through their full participation and at a cost that the community and country can afford at every stage of development.
Primary Health Care (PHC)
Four Cornerstones / Pillars in PHC
Active community participation
Intra and inter-sectoral linkages
Use of appropriate technology
Support mechanism made available
3 Levels of Health Care Referral System
Primary Level Care
Secondary Level Care
Tertiary Level Care
It isa level of health care referral system provided by center physicians, public health nurse, rural midwives, barangay health workers, traditional healers.
Primary Level Care
A level of health acre referral system that is given by physicians with basic health training.
Secondary Level Care
A level of health care referral system that is usually given in health facilities privately owned or government operated.
Secondary Level Care
A level health care referral system that is rendered by “specialist” in health facilities
including medical centers as well as regional and provincial hospitals and specialized hospitals.
Tertiary Level Care
A level of health care referral system that is Complicated cases and intensive care requires and all these can be provided by the tertiary care facility.
Tertiary Level Care
Working together to help people help themselves, not merely to survive but also achieve the maximum potential.
Concept of Community Help
4 Priorities in Public Health
- Survival of man.
- Prevention of condition which lead to destruction o retardation of human function and potential in the years of life.
- Achievement of human potential and prevention of the loss of productivity of young adults and those on the middle period of life.
- Improvement of the quality of life, especially in the later years.
3 Divisions of Health Care Delivery System
Government
Mixed Sectors
Private Sectors
The primary government agency in the field of
health runs the bulk of the government health facilities is the Department of Health. (division of hcds)
Government
The program shall remain focus on addressing the following health concerns regardless of their sex, race and socioeconomic background Growth and Development concerns, Nutrition, Physical, Mental and emotional status Reproductive health Sexuality , Reproductive Tract infection (STD, HIV/AIDS)
Adolescent and Youth Health and Development Program (AYHDP)
Its mission is “Ensure that all adolescent and youth have access to quality health care services in an adolescent and youth friendly environment.”
Adolescent and Youth Health and Development Program (AYHDP)
Refers to a drug outlet manage by a legitimate community organization (CO/non-government Organization (NGO) and/or Local Government Unit (LGU), with a trained operator and a supervising pharmacist specifically established in accordance with Administrative Order No. 144 s. 2004
Botika ng Barangay
The Mother and Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative is the main strategy to transform all hospitals with maternity and new born services into facilities which fully protect, promote, support breast feeding and rooming-in practices.
Promotion of Breast-feeding program/ Mother and Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (MBFHI)
To sustain this initiative, the field health personnel has to provide antenatal assistance and breastfeeding counseling to pregnant and lactating mothers as well as to the breastfeeding support groups in the community;
Promotion of Breast-feeding program/ Mother and Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (MBFHI)
The Philippines Cancer Control Program, begun in 1988, is an integrated approach utilizing primary, secondary and tertiary
prevention in different regions of the country at both hospital and community levels.
Cancer Control Program
Six lead Cancers
lung
breast
liver
cervix
oral cavity
colon
rectum
It is a serious chronic metabolic disease characterized by an increase in blood sugar levels associated with long term damage and failure or organs functions, especially the eyes, the kidneys, the nerves, the heart and blood vessels.
Diabetes
In diabetic, blood sugar reaches a dangerously high level which leads to complications.(6)
Blindness
Heart attack
Impotence
Kidney failure
Stroke
Wounds that would not heal
What can you do to control your blood sugar?
Control your weight
Diet therapy
Exercise
Quit smoking
It is directed towards community-based prevention and control in endemic areas.
Dengue Control Program
Major strategy is advocacy and promotion, particularly the Four O’clock Habit which was adopted by most LGUs.
Dengue Control Program
This is a nationwide, continuous and concerted effort to eliminate the breeding places of Aedes aegypti.
Dengue Control Program
Newly identified and previously unknown infection which cause public health problems either locally or internationally.
Emerging Disease Control Program
These include diseases whose incidence in humans have increased within the past two decades or threaten to increase in the near future.
Emerging Disease Control Program
Its aims to improve the quality of life of the people through the attainment of the highest possible oral health.
Dental Health Program
Its objective is to prevent and control dental diseases and conditions like dental carries and periodontal diseases thus reducing their prevalence.
Dental Health Program
To attain orally fit children, the program focuses on the following package of activities:
(5)
oral examination and prophylaxis;
sodium fluoride mouth rinsing
supervise toothbrushing drill
fit and fissure sealant application
a-traumatic restorative treatment.
It is concerned with preventing illness through managing the environment and by changing people’s behavior to reduce exposure to biological and non-biological agents of disease and injury.
Environmental Health
It is concerned primarily with effects of the environment to the health of the people.
Environmental Health
Its goal is “Reduction of environmental and occupational related diseases, disabilities and deaths through health promotion and mitigation of hazards and risks in the environment and workplaces.”
Environmental Health
Immunization is one of the DOH programs that has already been institutionalized and adopted by all LGUs in the region.
Expanded program on Immunization
Its objective is to reduce infant mortality and morbidity through decreasing the prevalence of six (6)?
Immunizable diseases (TB)
Diphtheria
Pertussis
Tetanus
Polio
Measles
It means that each family has the right and duty to determine the desired number of children they might have and when they might have them.
Responsible Parenthood
It refers to interval between pregnancies.
Birth Spacing
3 Program anchored in Family Planning
Responsible Parenthood
Respect for life
Birth Spacing
Mission is “The DOH in partnership with LGUs, NGOs, the private sectors and communities ensures the availability of FP information and services to men and women who need them.
Family Planning
Objectives General is “To help couples, individuals achieve their desired family size within the context of responsible parenthood and improve their reproductive health”.
Family Planning
Established in 1997 but became fully operational in 1997 but became fully operational in year 2000 with the provision of a budget amounting to PHP 551,000.00
Food and Waterborne Diseases Prevention and Control Program
The program focuses on Cholera, typhoid fever, hepatitis A and other food borne emerging diseases.
Food and Waterborne Diseases Prevention and Control Program
It is strategy to reduce the number or pool of children at risk of getting measles, or being susceptible to measles and achieve 95% measles circulation in all communities in 2008.
Knock out Tigdas
Envisions eliminating Leprosy as a human disease by 2020 and is committed to eliminate leprosy as a public health problem by attaining a national prevalence rate (PR) of less than 1 per 10,000 populations by year 2000.
Leprosy Control Program
Universal access to quality health services.
National Filariasis Elimination Program Mission:
It aims at integrating mental health within the total health system, initially within the DOH system, and local health system.
National Mental Health Program
Its aims at ensuring equity in the availability, accessibility, appropriateness and affordability of mental health and psychiatric services in the country.
National Mental Health Program
It is a simple procedure to find out if your baby has a congenital metabolic disorder that may lead to mental retardation and even death if left untreated.
Newborn Screening
Health for all occupations in partnership with the workers, employers, local government authorities and other sectors in promoting self-sustaining programs and improvement of workers’ health and working environment.
Occupational Health Program
Program Objective and Targets: To promote and protect the health and well being of the working population thru improved health, better working conditions and workers’ environment.
Occupational Health Program
The Program intends to promote and improve the quality of life of older persons through the establishments and provision of basic health services for older persons, formulation of policies and guidelines pertaining to older persons, provision of information and health education to the public, dedicated to older person and, the conduct of basic and applied researches.
Health Development Program for Older Persons
A Medical scholarship Grant for Indigenous People, Local Health Workers, Barangay Health workers, Department of Health employees or their children.
Pinoy MD Program “Gusto Kong Maging Doktor”
This is a joint program of the Department of Health (DOH), Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), and several State Universities and Medical Schools
Pinoy MD Program “Gusto Kong Maging Doktor”
To eliminate all avoidable blindness by preventing and controlling diseases through the development of human resource, infrastructure, and appropriate technology.
Prevention of Blindness Program
Goal of the National Schistosomiasis control program is to eliminate Schistosomiasis as a public health problem (Prevalence of 1% and below)
Schistosomiasis Control Program
In 1196, WHO introduced the Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) to ensure completion of treatment.
Expanded program on Immunization
The DOTS strategy depends on five (5) elements for its success:
Microscope
Medicines
Monitoring
DOT
Political Commitment
The main Objectives are:
To promote and encourage voluntary blood donation by the citizenry and to instill public consciousness of the principle that blood donation is a humanitarian act.
Republic Act 7719 is otherwise known as “Blood Services Act of 1994”
To provide, adequate, safe, affordable and equitable distribution of supply of blood and blood product.
Republic Act 7719 is otherwise known as “Blood Services Act of 1994”
PTS
Philippine Tuberculosis society
PCS
Philippine Cancer Society
PNRC
Philippine National Red Cross
Philippine Mental Health Association
PMHA
Philippine Heart Association
PHA
Private sectors that is funded by general taxation, emphasis on prevention .
Socialized Medicine
Private sectors where law requires people to subscribe to health insurance plan, usually government sponsored.
Compulsory Health insurance
Private sectors that is government only encourages people to subscribe to health insurance.
Voluntary Health insurance
Private sectors where people have to take care of their medical needs.
Free Enterprise
