SCIENCE

• Atomistic approach


  Views man as an organism composed of different organ systems, each system composed of organs and each organ made up of tissues
• Cell


  Basic unit of human
• Holistic approach


  Provides a fundamental framework on which one can base his perception or observation of the total behavior of man in relation to society
• Organismic behavior


  Observable features and actions that reflect man's functioning as a unified whole within the environment he exists
• Man normally responds as a unified whole, not as a series of integrated parts
• Man as a whole is different from and more than the sum of its component parts
• Man as an open system

  He is composed of subsystems that act as a unified whole, and the subsystems work interdependently
• Man as a psycho-social being


  Man is a unique irreplaceable individual, capable of rational, logical thinking but can become irrational and illogical when provoked
• Human needs


  Something that is essential to the emotional and physiologic health and survival of humans
• Wellness


  An integrated method of functioning which is oriented toward maximizing the potential of which the individual is capable
• Dimensions of health


  • Physical
  • Emotional
  • Intellectual
  • Spiritual
  • Socio-cultural
• Medical model


  Health is the state of being free of signs or symptoms of disease and illness, illness is the absence of health
• WHO model


  Health is the state of physical, mental, social and mental well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
• Health-illness continuum


  Health is constantly changing state, with level wellness and death being on opposite ends of a graduated scale
• Role performance model


  Health is the ability to perform all those roles for which one has been socialized
• High level wellness


  Refers to functioning to one's maximum potential while maintaining balance of purposeful direction in the environment
• Needs-fulfillment model


  Health is a state in which needs are being sufficient met to allow an individual to function successfully in life with the ability to achieve the highest possible potential
• Levels of prevention


  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • Tertiary
• Factors affecting health


  • Economic
  • Political
  • Environmental
  • Socio-cultural
• DOH Think Health Link

  • Healthy work place
  • Healthy Barrios
  • Healthy Prison
  • Healthy Homes
  • Healthy Cities
  • Healthy Resorts
  • Healthy Hospitals
  • Healthy Vehicles
  • Healthy Streets
  • Healthy Hotels
  • Healthy Schools
  • Healthy Eating Places
  • Healthy Movies Houses
  • Healthy Ports
  • Healthy Markets
• Health sector


  Groups of services or institutions in the community concerned with health protection of the population
• System


  A set of interrelated and independent parts that form a complex whole
• Health care delivery system


  The network of health facilities and personnel which carry out the task of rendering health care to the people
• Health system


  The interrelated ways in which a country organizes available resources for the maintenance and improvement of the health of its citizens and communities
• Characteristics of health care system based on primary health care

  • The system should encompasses the entire population on the basis of equality and responsibility
  • It should include components from the health sectors whose interrelated actions contribute to health
  • The essential elements of primary health care should be delivered at the first point of contact between individuals and the health system
  • The other levels of the health system should support the first contact level to permit it to provide the aforementioned essential elements on a continuing basis
  • An intermediate levels more complex problems should be dealt with more skilled and specialized care as well as logistic support
  • The central level should coordinate all parts of the system & provide planning and management expertise, highly specialized care, teaching for specialized staff
• Levels of health care facilities

  • Primary level facilities
  • Secondary level facilities
  • Tertiary level facilities
• Primary health care is a practical approach to effective provision of essential health services
• Two-way referral system


  Refer cases to the rural health team, who in turn refers more serious cases to either the district to community hospital, then to the provincial, regional or to the entire health system
• Three-tiered health system


  Calls for close working relationship or personnel in the same level and the various health levels
• Government subsectors


  • Department of Health
  • Local Government Units
  • Role of the DOH
• Private subsectors


  Consists of both commercial and business organizations, and non-commercial organizations (NGOs)