lesson 3

Alma-ata Declaration

Alma-ata Declaration

a fundamental human right, that is, “the attainment of the highest possible level of health is a most important worldwide social goal whose realization requires the action of many other social and economic sectors in addition to the health sector.”

Declaration of Alma Ata

states that primary health care is essential healthcare based on scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods, universally accessible to individuals and families with their full participation at a cost that the community and country can afford in a spirit of self reliance and self determination

Primary Health Care

is essential healthcare made universally accessible and acceptable to individuals through full participation and at a cost that community and country can afford

Health Care System

refers to an organized plan of health services

Health Care Delivery

the rendering of health care services to the people

Health Care Delivery System

this is the network of health facilities and personal which carries out the task of rendering healthcare to the people

philippine health care system

a complex set of organization interacting to provide an array of health services in the philippines

equitable distribution of healthcare

according to this principle, primary care and other services to meet the main health problems in a community must be provided equally to all individuals irrespective of their gender, age, and caste, urban or rural and social class

community participation

a comprehensive health care relies on adequate number and distribution of trained physicians, allied health professions, community health workers, and other working as a help team and supported at the local and referral levels

multi-sectional approach

the recognition that health cannot be improved by intervention within just the formal health sector, other sectors are equally important in promoting the health and self reliance of communities

use of appropriate technology

medical technology should be provided that is accessible, affordable, feasible, and culturally acceptable to the communityand culturally acceptable to the community

planning

managers are usually required to a set a direction and determine what needs to be accomplished. it means setting priorities and determining performance targets

organizing

refers to the management function on designing the organization or the specific division unit, or service for which the manager is responsible. further, it means designating reporting relationships and intention patterns of interactions. determining positions, teamwork assignments, and distribution of authority and responsibility

staffing

this function refers to acquiring and retaining human resources. it also refers to developing and maintaining the workforce through various strategies and tactics

controlling

this function refers to monitoring staff activities and performance and taking the appropriate actions for corrective action to increase performance

directing

it's focus is to initiate action in the organization through effective leadership and motivation of, and communication with, subordinates

authority

a manager's formal and legitimate right to make decisions, issue orders, and allocate resources to achieve organizationally desired outcomesand allocate resources to achieve organizationally desired outcomes

responsibility

means an employees duty to perform assigned task or activities

accountability

means that those with authority and responsibility must report and justify task outcomes to those above them in a chain of command

line authority

managers have the formal power to direct and control immediate subordinates. the superior issues orders and is responsible for the result; the subordinate of base and is responsible only for executing the order according to instructions

functional authority

is where managers help formal power over a specific subset of activities

staff authority

granted to stock specialist in their areas of expertise. it is not a real authority in a sense that a staff manager does not order or instruct but simply advices recommends and councils in the staff specialists area of expertise

centralization

the location of decision making authority near top organizational levels

decentralization

location of decision making authority near lower organizational levels

formalization

written documentation used to direct and control employees

staffing

refers to the assignment of individuals to responsible positions identified in a management plan

philippine healthcare system

a complex set of organizations interacting to provide an array of health services

primary level of healthcare facilities

includes rural health units, their subcenters, chest clinic, malaria eradication units, and schistosomiasis control center units operated by the doh; puericulture centers operated by league of puericulture centers; tuberculosis clinics and hospitals of the philippine turbure society; private clinics, clinic operated by the philippine medical association, and help centers operated by the philippine medical care commission and other health facilities operated by voluntary religious and civic group

secondary level of healthcare facilities

are the smaller, non-departamentalized hospitals, including emergency and regional hospitals in which services to patients with symptomatic stages of diseases, which require moderately specialized knowledge and technical resources for adequate treatment is offered

tertiary level of healthcare facilities

these are medical centers and large hospitals that offer highly technological and sophisticated services. these are the specialized national hospitals. the services rendered at this level are for clients afflicted with disease the seriously threaten their health and which require highly technical knowledge, facilities, and personnel for effective treatment

village or grassroot health workers

they are the first contacts of the community and initial links of healthcare

village or grassroothealth workers

they simple creative and presentive health care measures promoting healthy environment

village or grassroot health workers

they also in activities geared towards the improvement of the socioeconomic level of the community like food production program

village or grassroot health workers

this include community health workers, volunteers, and or traditional great attendance

intermediate level health workers

this workers represent the first source of professional health care

intermediate level health workers

they attend to help problems beyond the competence of village workers

intermediate level health workers

they provide support to frontline health workers in terms of supervision, training, supplies and services

intermediate level health workers

this workers may include medical practitioners, nurse, midwives

first land hospital personnel

they provide backup health services for cases that require hospitalization

first line hospital personnel

they established close contact with intermediate level health workers are village health workers

first line hospital personnel

this set of workers includes physicians with specialty, nurse, dentist, pharmacist, and other health professionals