Unit 4. CPH - Alma Ata (PHC) SDG
Unit 4. CPH - Alma Ata (PHC) SDG
Unit 4. CPH - Alma Ata (PHC) SDG
Tertiary
Health Care
COMMUNITIES
Fig 1. Primary Health Care within the Context of the Health Care Delivery System
Section VII
Primary Health Care
1. Reflects and evolves from the economic conditions, socio-cultural
and political characteristics of the country, and its communities,
and is based on the application of the relevant results of social,
biomedical and health services research and public health
expenditures
• Appropriateness • Assessability
• Availability • Accountability
• Adequacy
• Completeness
• Accessibility
• Acceptability
• Comprehensiveness
• Affordability • Continuity
Appropriateness
• Whether the service is needed at all in relation to
essential human needs, priorities and policies.
The service has to be properly selected and
carried out by trained personnel in the proper
way.
Adequacy
Bawang
Bayabas
ALTERNATIVE HEALTHCARE MODALITIES
1. Acupressure a method of healing and health
promotion that uses the application of pressure
on acupuncture points without puncturing the
skin.
2. Acupuncture a method of healing using
special needles to puncture and stimulate
specific anatomical points on the body
3. Aromatherapy the art & science of the sense
of smell whereby essential aromatic oils are
combined and then applied to the body in some
form of treatment
4. Chiropractic a discipline of the healing arts
concerned with the pathogenesis,
diagnosis, therapy, and prophylaxis of
functional disturbances, pathomechanical
states, pain syndromes, and
neurophysiological effects related to the
static and dynamics of locomotor system,
especially of the
spine and pelvis
5. Herbal medicine / phytomedicine
6. Massage a method wherein the superficial
soft parts of the body are rubbed, stroked,
kneaded, or tapped for remedial, aesthetic,
hygienic, or limited therapeutic purposes
7. Nutritional therapy the use of food as
medicine and to improve health by
enhancing the nutritional value of food
components that reduces the risk of a
disease. It is synonymous with nutritional
healing
8. Pranic healing a holistic approach that
follows the principle of balancing energy
9. Reflexology the application of therapeutic
pressure on the body’s reflex points to
enhance the body’s natural healing
mechanisms and balance body functions.
it is based on the principle that internal
glands and organs can be influenced by
properly applying pressure to the
corresponding reflex are on the body
PHC VS PRIMARY CARE
POINT OF
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY CARE
COMPARISON
Focus client Family and community Individual
Focus of care Promotive and preventive through Curative, provided by
community participation health professionals
Decision-making Community-centered/consultative- Health worker driven
process participative
Outcome Self-reliance/ self-help Reliance on health
professionals to
restore/regain health