Question

11)   Primary health care (PHC)

11.1)   Briefly describe the philosophy of primary health care (35-70 words)

11.2)   List 4 (four) Nursing and midwifery organisations supporting the primary health care.

11.3)   List 5 (five) models of primary health care delivery

12)   Community health

12.1)   List 6 (six) community services available to the clients and their family.

12.2)   List 3 (three) community and in-hospital resources and services available for medical conditions

13)   The concept of health and illness continuum
'Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely absence of disease or infirmity'. Briefly discuss (40-80 words)

Answer 1

11) 1. When we talk about the philosophy of primary health care, we must understand that it is fully based on the principles of impartiality, harmony and social justice. The idea of primary health care is based on the promotion of accessibility of healthcare by each individual which strengthens the whole community. It enables everyone to get equal opportunities as well as attention. The primary health care philosophy aims in providing necessary skills and knowledge to the citizens so that they can improve their health as well as their social status in the society. This idea needs the coordination of citizens along with the health care personals, so as to communicate, promote, accomplish, and sustain their health during the journey of making new strategies to confront their identified health concerns.

2. Coalition of National Nursing & Midwifery Organisations (CoNNMO), The Austraan Nursing and Midwifery Federation, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), The International Council of Nurses (ICN)

3. The five models of primary healthcare delivery are -

Discrete services models, integrated services models, comprehensive primary health care models, outreach models and virtual outreach models.

12) 1. Community health centres which are also known as as community health services are being operated across all the state of U.S and their primary objective is to deliver a large variety of healthcare services as well as health promotion activities and event to the local communities emphasizing more on the one who are at higher risk of developing health issues like the poors or the elder ones. Some of these services are -

Dental health services, Maternal and child health services; Mental health programs; Disability services, Aged care services, Rehabilitation programs

2. Hospice Care for terminally ill patients with life expentancy of less than 6 months, Provincial government services for childrens with chronic or complex health condition and Freestanding Facilities like walk in clinics and Urgent Care Centers for patients with sudden fall in their health.

13. Whenever we talk about health, the very first thing that comes in our mind is that health is a state of being free from illness or injury which is a very old definition. It was only after 1948 that WHO realized that health a state of complete mental, physical and social well being and not merely the absense of disease or infimity. Later on spiritual as well as emotional well being was also added to the dimension of health. These dimensions include physical health which refers to the human body, mental health which refers to the coginitive aspect of health, emotional health which is persin's general emotional state, social health refers to the ability to maintain meaningful relationships with others and spiritual health which refers to our sense of overall purpose of life.