LEC 1: COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION

• COMMUNITY HEALTH/PUBLIC HEALTH


  The science of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health and efficiency through organize community effort.
• Public Health


  includes programs and activities directed at community level and will benefit everyone or individuals who are not currently under the care of physician.
• Risk Factor Evaluation


  includes programs and activities directed at individuals who are currently under the care of physician who evaluates them for high-risk factors that can cause disease, educate them about good habits and screens them for appropriate conditions.
• HEALTH


  A status of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity regarded as person’s physical and psychological capacity to establish and maintain

  balance.
• Physical Health refers to condition which enables a

  person to maintain a strong and healthy body.
• Mental Health refers to how a person thinks of himself, control his emotions and adjust to environment.
• Social Health refers to ways a person feels, think and acts towards everybody around him
• Health or disease is expressions of the success or failure of a person to respond adaptively to environmental challenges.
• HEALTH successful defense of the host against forces landing to disturb body equilibrium.
• DISEASE failure of the body defense mechanism to cope with forces tending to disturb body equilibrium.
• Income and social status higher income and social

  status are linked to better health
• Education low education levels are linked with poor

  health, more stress and lower self confidence
• Physical environment- safe water and clean air, healthy workplace, safe houses, communities and roads all contribute to good health.
• Employment and working conditions- people in employment are healthier, particularly those who have more control over their working conditions.
• Social support networks- greater support from families, friends and communities is linked to a better health.
• Culture- customs, traditions and the beliefs of the

  family and community all affect the health
• Genetics- inheritance plays a part in determining

  lifespan, healthiness and the likelihood of developing

  certain illn ess.
• Personal behavior and coping skills- balanced

  eating, keeping active, smoking, drinking and how to

  deal with life’s stresses and challenges all affect

  health
• Health services- access and use of services that

  prevent and treat disease influence health
• Gender- men and women suffer from different types

  of diseases at different ages.
• WHO defines PHC as essential health care made

  universally accessible to individuals and families in

  the community by means acceptable to them through

  their full participation and at a cost that the

  community and country can afford at every stage of

  development
• PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

  rural health units, their sub-centers, chest clinics,

  malaria eradication units, and schistosomiasis control

  units; puericulture centers, tuberculosis clinics,

  private clinics, clinics operated by large industrial

  firms, community hospitals, health centers and other

  health facilities
• SECONDARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

  non-departmentalized hospitals including emergency

  and regional hospitals
• TERTIARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

  medical centers and large hospitals.
• VILLAGE OR GRASSROOT HEALTH WORKERS


  ● first contacts

  ● socio-economic

  ● curative and preventive
• INTERMEDIATE LEVEL HEALTH WORKERS


  ● first source

  ● provide support

  ● attends to health problems
• FIRST LINE HOSPITAL PERSONNEL


  ● establish close contact backup health

  services
• PRIMARY LEVEL OF CARE


  It is health care provided by center physicians, public health nurse, rural midwives, barangay health workers, traditional healers and others at the barangay health stations and rural health units. First contact between the community members and the other levels of health facility
• SECONDARY LEVEL OF CARE


  Given by physicians with basic health training. It is

  usually given in health facilities privately owned or

  government operated such as infirmaries,

  municipal and district hospital and out-patient

  departments of provincial hospitals. This serves

  as the referral center for the primary health facilities.

  Secondary facilities are capable of performing minor

  surgeries and perform some simple laboratory

  examinations.
• TERTIARY LEVEL OF CARE


  is rendered by specialist in health

  facilities including medical centers as well as

  regional and provincial hospitals and specialized

  hospitals. Complicated cases and intensive care

  requires tertiary care and all these
• CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH


  Working together to help people help themselves, not

  merely to survive but also achieve the maximum

  potential.
• GOVERNMENT


  The primary government agency in the field of health

  runs the bulk of the government health facilities is the

  Department of Health
• THREE DIVISION OF HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM,

  ● Government

  ● Mixed Sectors

  ● Private Sectors
• Adolescent and Youth Health and Development

  Program (AYHDP)

  The program shall remain focus on addressing the following health concerns regardless of their sex, race and socioeconomic background.
• Adolescent and Youth Health and Development

  Program (AYHDP)

  Mission: Ensure that all adolescents and youth have access to quality health care services in an adolescent and youth friendly environment.
• Botika sa Barangay

  Refers to a drug outlet managed by a legitimate community organization

  (CO/non-government Organization (NGO) and/or Local Government Unit (LGU),
• Botika sa Barangay

  Refers to a drug outlet managed by a legitimate community organization

  (CO/non-government Organization (NGO) and/or Local Government Unit (LGU),
• What is established in the BnB?

  Administrative Order No. 144 s. 2004.
• The BnB outlet should be initially identified ,

  evaluated and selected by the Concerned

  Center for Health Development (CHD),
• Approved in the BnB

  approved by the National Drug-Policy-Pharmaceutical Management

  Unit (NDP-PMU 50),