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Primary health care (PHC) |
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- Community paticipation is client directed
- Community is the focus
- 5 Principles: 1. Equitable distribution, 2. Appropriate technology, 3. Focus on health promotion and disease prevention, 4. Community participation, & 5. Multisectoral approach.
- Universal access
- Available where people live and work
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- Individual or family is the focus
- Community participation is provider directed
- Limited access
- HC available within given health care institutions
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Community-based health care (CBHC) |
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- A system that provides health-related services within the context of people's daily lives.
- Holistic care
- Geared towards a specific group
- A. Flexible B. Easy access C. Promoting care through improve communication D. Provide support for family caregivers E. Affordable.
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- A collection of people who share some attribue of their lives and interact with each other in some way
- 5 Main Functions: 1. Production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, 2. Socialization, 3. Social control, 4. Social interparticipation, and 5. Mutal support.
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- Composed of people who share some common characteristic but who do not necessarily interact with each other.
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- Focuses on promoting and preserving the health of population groups
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Integrated health care system |
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- Makes all levels of care available in an integrated form - primary, secondary, and tertiary care.
- Goals are to facilitate care across settings, recovery, positive health outcomes, and the long-term benefits of modifying harmful lifestyles through health promotion and disease prevention.
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Community nursing centers |
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- Provides primary care to specific populations and are staffed by nurse practioners and community health nurses.
- Various categories: Community outreach centers, Institution-based centers, school-based centers, wellness centers.
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Community-based nursing (CBN) |
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- Nursing care directed toward specific individuals.
- Involves a network of nursing services: nursing wellness centers, ambulatory care, acute care, long-term care nursing services, telephone advice, home health, school health, and hospice services.
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- A collegial working relationship with another health care provider in the provision of patient care.
- This practice requires the discussion of patient diagnosis and cooperation in the management and delivery of care.
- Each collaborator is available for consultation in person or by communication device.
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- The coordination of health care services by health care providers for clients moving from one health care setting to another and between and among health care professionals.
- A major responsibilty of nurses.
- Ensures uninterrupted and consistent services.
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- Process of preparing a client to leave one level of care for another within or outside the current health care agency.
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