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| Whats the difference between Primary Health Care and Primary Care? |
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Definition
Primary Health Care is holistic and based off social model of health care
Primary care is the acute curative care |
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Term
| biomedical vs social model? |
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Definition
biomedical - physical / biological aspects of disease and focusses on treament
social - prevention in a social context, gives equal priority to all
both are necessary |
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Term
| what are the 3 levels of care? |
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Definition
primary health care: first point of contact, services run by general medical practioners nurses etc
Secondary care: medical care provided by specialist
tertiary: public and private hospitals
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Term
| how can primary health care be improved by government? |
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Definition
changing where money goes in health to PHC instead of tertiary care
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Term
| what are the 3 principles of alma ata? |
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Definition
equity
social justic
empowerment |
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Term
| How has health change over the years? |
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Definition
increased life expectancy - ageing population
greater gaps in mortality
inequalities of access to food, water, sanitation medical care, there is still a major gap
lower rates of communicable diseases and higher rates of non communicable diseases e.g. diabetes and obesity |
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Term
| 3 ways nurses can help? change agents |
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Definition
health promotion
social - culturally and socially appropriate strategies
politcal - understanding and negiotiating policies
professional - competence, skills and experience |
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Term
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Definition
infants / children
mental health
maternity
ATSI
culturally and linguistically diverse
homeless
asylum seekers
gay lesbian trans |
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