1. Health promotion and education: Primary health care focuses on promoting healthy behaviors and providing education to individuals and communities to prevent illness and promote overall well-being.
2. Disease prevention and control: Primary health care includes measures to prevent and control the spread of diseases, such as vaccinations, screenings, and early detection of health conditions.
3. Accessible and affordable care: Primary health care aims to provide accessible and affordable health services to all individuals, regardless of their socio-economic status or geographic location.
4. Comprehensive care: Primary health care provides a wide range of services, including preventive care, treatment of acute and chronic conditions, and management of complex health issues.
5. Coordination of care: Primary health care emphasizes the importance of coordinating care across different health providers and settings to ensure continuity of care and improve health outcomes.
6. Community involvement: Primary health care involves engaging with communities to understand their health needs and preferences, and to develop tailored health programs and services.
7. Empowerment and advocacy: Primary health care empowers individuals to take control of their own health and advocates for policies and practices that promote health equity and social justice.
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Google Gemini AI
Sep 13
Elements of Primary Health Care (PHC)
1. Essential Health Care
- Health education and promotion - Essential drugs - Immunization - Maternal and child health, including family planning - Adequate nutrition - Treatment of common diseases and injuries
2. Rogers' Model of Diffusion of Innovations
- Knowledge: Individuals acquire information about the innovation. - Persuasion: Individuals develop a positive or negative attitude towards the innovation. - Decision: Individuals decide whether or not to adopt the innovation. - Implementation: Individuals put the innovation into practice. - Confirmation: Individuals seek reinforcement for their decision and evaluate its effects.
3. Access to Health Care
- Availability of health services - Accessibility of health services (distance, transportation, cost) - Acceptability of health services (cultural factors, language barriers)
4. Community Participation
- Active involvement of communities in identifying and addressing local health needs - Empowerment of communities to make decisions about their own health - Mobilization of community resources to support health initiatives
5. Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Coordination among health professionals from different disciplines - Integration of services to provide comprehensive care - Referral system to ensure continuity of care
6. Appropriate Technology
- Use of technology that is appropriate for the local context and resources - Focus on cost-effective and sustainable solutions - Utilization of information technology to improve communication and data management
7. Health System Organization
- Primary health care as the cornerstone of the health system - Referral pathways to secondary and tertiary care - Integration of primary health care into the overall health policy framework