Assistant Professor Dr Waleed Arif Tawfeeq

Transcript:Assistant Professor Dr Waleed Arif Tawfeeq:
Assistant Professor Dr Waleed Arif Tawfeeq 27-2-2025 Primary Health Care Primary Health Care Reform Medical model Primary Health Care  Illness  Health  Cure  Prevention, care, cure  Treatment  Health promotion  Episodic care  Continuous care  Specific problems  Comprehensive care  Individual practitioners  Teams of practitioners  Health sector alone  Intersectoral collaboration  Professional dominance  Community participation  Passive reception  Joint responsibility PRIMARY HEALTH CARE (WHO) “The essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology made universally accessible & acceptable to individuals and families in the community through their full participation and at a cost that the community and country can afford to maintain at each stage of their development, in the spirit of self-reliance, self-development, and self-determination” Elements of primary health care Health education Promotion of food supply and proper nutrition Safe water supply Maternal and child care Immunization Prevention of endemic diseases Appropriate treatment Provision of essential drugs The PHC Circle - School health services - Promotion of mental health - Oral health program -Non communicable disease (chronic diseases, DM, CHD, CVD) - Health of the elderly 1-Intersectoral co-operation 2-Basic infrastructure 3-Referral system 4-Auxiliary health workers: Need to be trained to work in the health facilities. 5-Village health workers: Need to be trained to work in the community. 6-Traditional medical system 7-Health education: 8-Community participation: 9-Health care should be relevant to the main health problems of each community. 10-Essential drugs for treating common conditions should be provided. 11-Cost-effective and self-reliant Strategies to PHC: Approach: Emphasis on comprehensive (curative, preventive, promotive, rehabilitative) which should be developed with the population even in remotest areas of the country. Concept: Emphasis on health related activities (nutrition, sanitation, housing, safe water) which are outside the traditional responsibilities of MOH. PHC only successful if it is integrated with socio-economic development of population with maximum individual and community reliance and participation. To support PHC, MOH has to re-allocate their resources and reorient and reorganize the existing management structure. PHC is both - Approach & - Concept 3rd level: Hospital care specialized services 2nd level: Hospital care, hospital services PHC: promotive, preventive, basic curative, services at health posts, health centers Principles of primary health care Equity of distribution Health services must be shared by all people irrespective of their gender, age, , color, urban/rural location and social class Community participation