PCAR REVIEWER

• Health care is the various services for the prevention or treatment of illness and injuries
• Healthcare is the set of services provided by a country or an organization for the treatment of the physically and the mentally ill.
• Primary Health Care is about caring for people, rather than simply treating specific diseases or conditions.
• Primary Healthcare Is on essential part of health care and its main principles are equity, health promotion and disease prevention, community participation, appropriate health technology and multisectoral approach.
• WHO-UNICEF held international conference in 1978 at Alma-Ata (USSR), the governments of 134 countries and many voluntary agencies called for a revolutionary approach to health care
• WHO stands for World Health Organization
• UNICEF stands for United Nation International Children's Fund
• NKTI stands for National Kidney and Transplant Institute
• USSR stands for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• HFA stands for Health for All
• WHO-UNICEF held international conference in 1978 at Alma-Ata (USSR), the governments of 134 countries
• PHC is involved in Agriculture, Animal husbandry, Food Industry, Education, Housing Public works, Communication, Others sectors
• Primary Health Care is equally valid for all countries, although it takes varying forms in each of them
• It is accepted as an integral part of the country's health system - Primary Health Care
• What are the 2 goals of Primary Health Care?

  Accessible and Acceptable
• What are the main areas of PHC - Promotive Care, Preventive Care, Curative Care
• WHAT are the DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PHC? PRIMARY, SECONDAR, TERTIARY
• The “first” level of contact between the individual and the health system - Primary Health Care
• A majority of prevailing health problems can be satisfactorily managed - Primary Health Care
• More complex problems are dealt with - Secondary Health Care
• The closest to the people- Primary Health Care
• The 1st referral level - Secondary Health Care
• Offers super-specialist care - Tertiary Health Care
• What are the principles of PHC - Community Participation, Multi sectoral approach, Equitable distribution, Appropriate Technology
• Health services must be shared equally by all people irrespective of their ability to pay. - Equitable distribution
• PHC aims to: Correct imbalance in accessibility
• Involvement of individuals, families, & communities in promotion of their own health & welfare - Community participation
• Maximum reliance on local resources such as: Manpower, Money, Materials.
• There is an increased realizatio nof the fact that the components of PHC cannot be provided by the health sector alone - Intersectoral coordination
• TECHNOLOGY that is scientifically sound, adaptable to local needs, & acceptable to those who apply it & those for whom it is used, & that can be maintained by the people themselves in keeping with the principle of self reliance with the resources the community & country can afford. -Appropriate technology
• HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES are needed in: Diagnostic maneuvers, Therapeutic maneuvers, Disease prevention, Disease control, Health promotion.
• It facilitates documentation of data, diagnosis, plans, client responses and evaluation is one of the Importance of Health Care
• The rural health units - Primary Level of Health Care Facilities
• are the smaller, non departmentalized hospitals including emergency and regional hospitals- Secondary Level of Health Care Facilities
• Puericulture centers operated by League of Puericulture Centers- Primary Level of Health Care Facilities
• the highly technological and sophisticated services offered by medical centers and large hospitals- Tertiary Level of Health Care Facilities
• These are the specialized national hospitals- Tertiary Level of Health Care Facilities
• Services rendered at this level are for clients afflicted with diseases which seriously threaten their health- Tertiary Level of Health Care Facilities
• Services offered to patients with symptomatic stages of disease, which require moderately specialized knowledge and technical resources for adequate treatment - Secondary Level of Health Care Facilities
• Community hospitals and health centers operated by the Philippine Medicare Care Commission - Primary Level of Health Care Facilities