Week One Flashcards
PHC Principles
- Equity & Social Justice
- Care is; Integrated, Co-ordinated & Appropriate
- Community Participation & Self-reliance
- Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
- Involvement of Government Departments
- Political Action
Primary Health Care (PHC)
Essential Health Care based on parctical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community through their full participation and at a cost that the community and the country can afford to maintain at every stage of their development in the spirit of self-determination.
PHC Principles - Equity & Social Justice
- Care should be aimed at the most needy
- Care should be accessible and acceptable to everybody
- Affordable
- Culturally Sensitive
PHC Principles - Care is; Integrated, Co-ordinated & Appropriate
- Provides essential, appropriate services
- Integrated with other health programs and sectors
- Socially appropriate technology
- Co-operation between countries
PHC Principles - Community Participation & Self-reliance
- Empowering
- Contribute to self-reliance and self-determination of Communities
PHC Principles - Political Action
- Reduction of money spent on arms and world peace
- Government policies that improve health
Health Promotion Activities - Community Action
- Encourages & Empowers communities
- Individual, peer and social actions designed to gain political commitment, policy support, structural change, social acceptance and systems support for a particular goal
- Includes direct political lobbying
- National awareness campaigns
Health Promotion Activities - Settings & Supportive Environments
- Organised around particular settings that share common characteristics; schools, workplaces & community
- The setting enables structural change
- Types of approaches include;
1. Organisational development strategies which aim to create a supportive environment for health promotion activities within the setting
2. Application of financial or legislative incentives (or disincentives) to support health choices
Health Promotion Activities - Health Education & Skill Development
- Provision of education to individuals or groups
Health Promotion Activities - Social Marketing & Health Information
- Provide programs that advocate for change
- Influence the voluntary behaviour of the target audience to benefit them and society as a whole
- Raise public awareness through mass media
PHC Midwife
In a Primary health model the Midwife is a facilitator of “The transition of parenthood for women and their families regardless of choices of service provider or place of birth.”
Health Promotion
The process of enabling people to increase control over their health and it’s determinants, and thereby improve their health, incorporating disease prevention and addresses broader social, environmental and cultural issues that impact on health.
Health Promotion Activities
- Community Action
- Settings and Supportive Environments
- Health Education & Skill Development
- Screening, Individual Risk Factor Assessment and Immunisation
- Social Marketing & Health Information
Role of the Midwife
- Mastery of Clinical Knowledge and Skills mandated by ANMC competencies (able to use full scope of practice)
- Good Communication Skills
- Skilled Evaluation & Management of Health Concerns
- Ability to refer appropriately
- Ability to facilitate true informed consent
