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Angeles University Foundation

College of Nursing

AY 2014-2015

Primary Health Care and Health Care Delivery System

Report

Submitted by:

Joy April M. De Leon, R.N.

MN Student

Submitted to:

Debbie Q. Ramirez, RN, Ph.D

Date:

June 28, 2014

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

Overview

 May 1977 -30th World Health Assembly decided that the main health target of the

government and WHO is the attainment of a level of health that would permit

them to lead a socially and economically productive life by the year 2000.

 September 6-12, 1978 - First International Conference on PHC in Alma Ata, Russia

(USSR) The Alma Ata Declaration stated that PHC was the key to attain the “health

for all” goal

 October 19, 1979 - Letter of Instruction (LOI) 949, the legal basis of PHC was signed

by Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos, which adopted PHC as an approach towards the

design, development and implementation of programs focusing on health

development at community level.

Rationale for Adopting Primary Health Care

 Magnitude of Health Problems

 Inadequate and unequal distribution of health resources

 Increasing cost of medical care

 Isolation of health care activities from other development activities

Definition of Primary Health Care

 An essential health care made universally accessible to individuals and families in the

community by means acceptable to them, through their full participation and at cost

that the community can afford at every stage of development.

 A practical approach to making health benefits within the reach of all people.

 an approach to health development, which is carried out through a set of activities

and whose ultimate aim is the continuous improvement and maintenance of health

status

Goal of Primary Health Care

 HEALTH FOR ALL FILIPINOS by the year 2000 AND HEALTH IN THE HANDS

OF THE PEOPLE by the year 2020.

 An improved state of health and quality of life for all people attained through SELF

RELIANCE.

Key Strategy to Achieve the Goal:

 Partnership with and Empowerment of the people - permeate as the core strategy in

the effective provision of essential health services that are community based,

accessible, acceptable, and sustainable, at a cost, which the community and the

government can afford.

Objectives of Primary Health Care

 Improvement in the level of health care of the community

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Angeles University Foundation College of Nursing AY 2014-2015 Primary Health Care and Health Care Delivery System Report Submitted by: Joy April M. De Leon, R.N. MN Student Submitted to: Debbie Q. Ramirez, RN, Ph.D Date: June 28, 2014 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE Overview May 1977 -30th World Health Assembly decided that the main health target of the government and WHO is the attainment of a level of health that would permit them to lead a socially and economically productive life by the year 2000. September 6-12, 1978 - First International Conference on PHC in Alma Ata, Russia (USSR) The Alma Ata Declaration stated that PHC was the key to attain the “health for all” goal October 19, 1979 - Letter of Instruction (LOI) 949, the legal basis of PHC was signed by Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos, which adopted PHC as an approach towards the design, development and implementation of programs focusing on health development at community level. Rationale for Adopting Primary Health Care Magnitude of Health Problems Inadequate and unequal distribution of health resources Increasing cost of medical care Isolation of health care activities from other development activities Definition of Primary Health Care An essential health care made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community by means acceptable to them, through their full participation and at cost that the community can afford at every stage of development. A practical approach t ...
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