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ˌprimary ˈhealth care(alsoprimary care)noun[uncountable]themedicalcarethat someonereceivesfirst when they becomeillor have anaccident Examples from the Corpus primary health care•Governments all over the world haveadvocatedprimary health carewithout taking it seriously.•Secondly,generalpractitioners...
Primary Health Care Teams, Involving Patients: Examples of good practice - CanagaRetna - 1997 () Citation Context ...eptions, butsinitiatives to involve local communities remain limited. Communitysdevelopment and primary care has been the subject ofs10 publications for a decade or more...
The stimulus for the book was a two-week seminar on primary health care. Those in attendance were ministers of health, advisers, and health administrators from a wide spectrum of developing nations: Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Sudan, the Philippines, and Jamaica, to give but some examples. The ...
This commitment is largely the result of the Alma-Ata Conference which clarified many of the political, technical, social, administrative and educational aspects of Primary Health Care. This paper summarizes this process of consolidation of the concept, gives some examples of national plans, and ...
We draw from both examples to construct a conceptual framework for anticipatory care, based on active ingredients, programme pathways and whole system approaches. While the strengths of a family practice approach are coverage, continuity, co-ordination and long-term relationships, the larger health ...
Two chronic health conditions, diabetes and multiple sclerosis, are examples of conditions that lead to costly and debilitating consequences for patients but also lead to substantial economic costs in terms of lost workforce participation and lost productivity. These cases demonstrate the socio﹑olitical...
摘要: Presents findings from a survey and interviews on practices to improve health literacy among patients. Identifies five promising practices as well as barriers to implementing such practices, and recommends better training, quality of care, and research....
Shortage of Primary Care Physician Because of our growing population, the need for primary care physicians in on a rise. In addition to the increasing number of people in the country, the number of individuals that are now able to receive health care (Obamacare) has added to an expected sho...
Tertiary prevention involves continuous medical care as a way to alleviate the symptoms of a negative health condition. Examples include cardiac or stroke rehabilitation programs. What are examples of primary and secondary prevention? An example of a primary prevention is taking vitamin supplements to ...