Community Health Lecture Notes

Flashcards based on the lecture notes on Community Health, covering key definitions, goals, and approaches.

What is Community Health according to the WHO?

The environmental, social, and economic resources to sustain emotional and physical well-being among people in ways that advance their aspirations and satisfy their needs in their unique environment.

What is the primary aim of primary health care programs?

Reduce risk factors and increase health promotion and prevention.

What are the key elements of Community Health?

Identifying top public health concerns, developing intervention plans, educating residents, providing essential services, helping residents gain access to resources, reducing the need for expensive care, advocating for improved care, and working with other community agencies.

What is the primary goal of a community health provider?

Offer comprehensive services that grant communities direct and immediate access to essential resources, including medical, dental, pharmacy, and mental health care.

What are examples of the social determinants of health?

Income and social protection, education, unemployment and job insecurity, working life conditions, food insecurity, housing, early childhood development, social inclusion, structural conflict and access to affordable health services.

What is the aim of The Philippine Health Agenda (PHA)?

To uphold every Filipino’s right to health as enshrined in the 1987 Philippine Constitution and seeks to fulfill the global call for Universal Health Coverage.

What are the goals of the Philippine Health Agenda?

Filipinos are protected from high cost of health care, Filipinos attain the best possible health outcomes with no disparity and Filipinos feel respected, valued, and empowered in all of their interactions with the health system.

What does Guarantee Number 1 of The Philippine Health Agenda ensure?

Ensures services from maternal and child care up to geriatric care, and services that protect the people from the triple threat-or triple burden of disease.

What is the definition of the right to health?

All people, irrespective of ethic or socio-economic status, sex, or age, have EQUAL opportunity to develop and maintain health through FAIR and JUST ACCESS to resources for health.

What are the realities of the Philippine health system?

Poor leadership, fragmentation of health system, outdated data collection, unaffordable medicines, poor quality care

What are the four core principles of the Primary Health Care (PHC) approach?

Universal access to care, commitment to health equity, community participation and intersectoral approaches.

What does dynamic complexity mean in the context of health inequalities?

It means we cannot point to a single cause of the problem and from where the effects of the problem exactly originated.

What are the components of the Iceberg Model in Systems Thinking?

Event, Pattern, Structure, and Mental Models.

What is a stakeholder?

An individual or group that makes a difference, or that can affect or be affected by the achievement of the organization’s objectives.

What are the characteristics of intersectoral collaboration?

A common and shared vision, broad and active participation, clear roles, maximized talents and clear communication.

What is Stakeholder Analysis?

It is a multi-stakeholder process assessing stakeholders to be taken into account in decision-making.

What are the 3 Elements of Dialogue?

Equality and Absence of Coercive Influence, Listening with Empathy and Bringing Assumptions into Open.

What are the four levels of conversations?

Generative Dialogue, Talking Nice, Talking Tough and Reflective Dialogue.