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ConceptsofHealthCareMBK8.8.22
ConceptsofHealthCareMBK8.8.22
TO THE COMMUNITY
M.Buvnesh Kumar
Associate Professor
Dept. of Community Medicine
CHRI
SPECIFIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the session, students must be able to
Health Care:
Services provided to individuals or communities by
agents of the health services or professions to promote,
maintain, monitor, or restore health.
Medical Care:
Care of sickness or injury under the direction of a
physician or, more loosely, care provided by any qualified
professional person in a health-related institution, clinic, or
comparable setting.
Has the widest cooperation between the people, the service and
the profession
look
after specifically the vulnerable and weaker sections of the
community
Private sector
Developing institutions
Functions:
Supplement the work of govt agencies
Pioneering(Research)
Education
Demonstration – Experimental projects. ex: Bore hole latrines-
Rockefellar foundation-Hookworm problem
Guarding the work of government agencies
Advancing health legislation
VHA :
Indian red cross society
Tb Association of India
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS - NATIONAL
HEALTH PROGRAMS
Concepts:
Comprehensive health care,
Basic health services,
Primary health care