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what is the definition of primaryhealthcare?what are the elements DAM of the primaryhealthcare?what is (EPI)EXPANDED PROGRAMIMMUNIZATION?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.160.188.45 (talk • contribs)

Merge proposal - November 2008

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

The result was do not merge. -- Hopsyturvy (talk) 09:31, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I propose to merge this article into Primary care. There is already an established sequence of articles:

These could be renamed 'XX health care' if the consensus is in favour of this. Millstream3 (talk) 14:03, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: PHC is *not* primacy care. "Many Canadians do not understand the concepts of primary health care. They confuse it with related approaches to health care such as primary care," ^[1]Perry P. and A. Potter. 2006. Canadian fundamentals of nursing. 3rd ed. Toronto: Elsevier Canada.Enigma (talk) 00:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OpposeObjection, also November 2008Primary Health Care is not about a sector of the health care system, but is a concept brought forward in Alma Ata in 1978, "Health for all". The idea is to improve the overall living conditions, thereby also increasing the health status. This goal is not to be achieved by medical personal, but through the whole community. Primary Health Care is not equatable with Primary care.

More Information can be found e.g. in Social Science and Medicine Vol 26. No.9 pp877-977. [1] Likaliks (talk) 08:27, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OpposeClarifying further (and thus agreeing completely with User:Likaliks), Primary Health Care is much more than "...first contact/first point of health care delivery", which is primary care. Primary health care is an approach to providing comprehensive care - rather than a level/sector of health care delivery system. As ratified by n number of countries in the Alma Ata Declaration, it includes curative, preventive, promotive and rehabilitative services with full participation of people, and at a cost the nation and community can afford. This said, it is an ideal model of health care. This said, the primary care level of the health system may or may not be based on the principle of primary health care. It would be 'distorting' to merge the two. prashanthns (talk) 18:32, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose== Another objection ==I agree with the objections and sentiments expressed by both Likaliks and prashanthns. Primary Health Care is not synonymous with primary care. One of the most useful articles in trying to understand PHC remains that by Hannu Vuori 1984 Primary health care in Europe—problems and solutions,Community Medicine (1984) 6, 221-231. Vuori (1984, p.224) set out four ways the PHC concept had been (and continues to be) interpreted -

1. Primary health care as a set of activities 2. Primary health care as a level of care 3. Primary health care as a strategy of organizing health care 4. Primary health care as a philosophy Vuori notes for Primary health care to exist you cannot "cherry pick" one element but rather all four components need to be present. The word 'health' between primary and care cannot, must not be elided!! Tjilpi (talk) 00:45, 16 February 2009 (UTC)tjilpi 16/2/09[reply]

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References

^ Perry P. and A. Potter. 2006. Canadian fundamentals of nursing. 3rd ed. Toronto: Elsevier Canada

Expert needed

The article is hard to read and understand. An expert on this subject is needed. --scochran4 (talk) 04:03, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I do not claim to be an expert, but have tried to elaborate and simplify some of the concepts, with concrete examples of PHC approaches. Guptan99 (talk) 13:08, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Primary health care

Health care is better for the villagers and other peoples 2405:204:A38A:688B:0:0:2030:50A4 (talk) 18:39, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Short description

Do you think it is neutral?

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"Essential" health care key to securing universality by emphasizing community and equity

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MartinPict (talk) 11:50, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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[1] Perry P. and A. Potter. 2006. Canadian fundamentals of nursing. 3rd ed. Toronto: Elsevier Canada

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