Question

primary health care is an important concept in the practice pf global community health. Janice has had some difficulty understanding the difference between primary health care and primary care . all of the following statements demonstrate an accurate understanding of these concepts except which of the following?

1. primary care is individual focused

2. primary care is concerned with the right to health care

3. primary health care is dependent on community involvement

4. Primary health care is concerned with access to health care

Answer 1

Ans) 2. primary care is concerned with the right to health care.

Explaination:

- Primary care is person-focused, not disease-focused, care over time. To be person-focused, it must be accessible, comprehensive (dealing with all problems except those too uncommon to maintain competence), continuous over time, and coordinating when patients have to receive care elsewhere.

- Primary care practices provide health promotion, disease prevention, health maintenance, counseling, patient education, diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses in a variety of health care settings (e.g., office, inpatient, critical care, long-term care, home care, day care, etc.).

- The advantages of a community participation approach in primary health care (PHC) are as follows: a community participation approach is a cost effective way to extend a health care system to the geographical and social periphery of a country; communities that begin to understand their health status objectively.

- Primary Health Care, or PHC refers to "essential health care" that is based on scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology. This makes universal health care accessible to all individuals and families in a community.