04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
of 23
-
Upload
j-o-m-salazar -
Category
Documents
-
view
215 -
download
0
Transcript of 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
1/23
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
Health for AllHealth in the Hands of the People
ELIZABETH PATERNO, MD, MPH
DIRECTOR
COMMUNITY HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
UP MANILA
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
2/23
Primary Health Care is notequal to the delivery of theprimary level of healthservices
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
3/23
Levels of Health Care
PrimarySecondaryTertiary
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
4/23
Levels of Health Care
Primary level of Careprovision of the most basic healthservices at the community levelfirst contact of individuals to the healthcare system
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
5/23
Levels of Health Care
Secondary level of CareExemplified by the level of health carethat a District Hospital should be able todeliverShould have diagnostic equipment likeX-ray and a laboratory
Includes simple surgery likeappendectomy and caesarian sections
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
6/23
Levels of Health Care
Tertiary level of CareDelivery of highly specialized care
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
7/23
The Alma Ata Declaration
WHO-UNICEF meeting of worldhealth leaders
Alma Ata (nowAlmaty), Kazhakstan (then part of the USSR)1978
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
8/23
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
9/23
Primary Health Care Principles
Health is a state of completephysical, mental and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease
Health is a basic human right
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
10/23
Primary Health Care Principles
The existing disparity in the healthstatus of peoples in differentcountries and even within a countryis therefore not acceptable andshould be a concern of everyone.
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
11/23
Primary Health Care Principles
Socio Economic development is
ESSENTIAL to the attainment of HEALTH FOR ALL
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
12/23
Primary Health Care Principles
People have the right and
duty to participate in theirown health care
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
13/23
Primary Health Care Principles
Governments bear the primary
obligation to take care of thehealth of its people
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
14/23
Primary Health Care
is ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE that is
Scientifically soundSocially acceptable
Universally accessible
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
15/23
Primary Health Care
is ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE that is
Affordable by the country and thecommunity at every stage of itsdevelopment
Implemented with thecommunitys full participation
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
16/23
Primary Health Care
forms an integral part of the
country's health system, of which it is the centralfunction and main focus
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
17/23
Basic Primary Care servicepackage
health education to the populationtreatment of locally endemic aswell as common illnesses
immunization of children againstthe most important preventablediseases in the localitysanitation and safe water
provision of essentially medicinesmaternal and child carenutrition
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
18/23
Primary Health Care
forms an integral part of the
overall social and economicdevelopment of thecommunity
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
19/23
Features of a municipalityimplementing Primary Health Care
1. Presence of a functionalcomprehensive municipal developmentplan
addresses determinants of healthProvides livelihood for the majority especiallythe poorEnsures food security and safe waterProtects and sustains the environment
Provides for a functional healthsystem
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
20/23
Features of a municipalityimplementing Primary Health Care
2. Peoples participationinstitutionalized at every level of governance
Functional Local Health BoardBarangay Health CommitteesOrganized Communities
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
21/23
Features of a municipalityimplementing Primary Health Care
3. Organized Health SystemClear municipal health plan that isimplemented and regularly monitoredand evaluatedA well funded municipal/city healthcenter
Adequately equipped Health Stationin every Barangay with appropriatehealth human resource
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
22/23
Features of a municipalityimplementing Primary Health Care
3. Organized Health System
Barangay Health Workers (with a BHW to
family ratio of 1:20) well trained inCommunity OrganizingPublic Health EducationProvision of basic health care
Clear two-way referral system from thebarangay to the municipal / city healthcenter to a secondary or tertiary center
-
8/14/2019 04 Primary Health Care - Dr. Elizabeth R. Paterno
23/23
Everyone of us has a rolein ensuring that HEALTHFOR ALL becomes areality.
