Jade R.

Dinolan September 5, 2018

BSN – 2

1) Definition of primary health care as to Philosophy

2) Definition of primary health care as to Approach
3) Definition of primary health care as to Structure
4) Legal basis of primary health care in the Philippines
5) Components of primary health care

 The Philosophy of Primary Health care is the study of the Ethics, processes, and people which
constitute the maintenance of health for human beings. Essential health care includes health
promotion, disease prevention, curative, rehabilitative, and supportive care.

 Primary Health Care approach is clarified by examining its 5 underlying principles:

Equitable distribution, community involvement, focus on prevention, appropriate technology, and
multi sectoral approach .Thus, health care services should be available to all and community
participation will most likely lead to better health.

 Legal basis of Primary Health Care

Universal declaration of Human Rights, Art. 25, Section 1 which states that “ Everyone has the
right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family,
including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services and the right to
security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, old age, widowhood, or lack of livelihood.

Philippine Constitution of 1987, art. XIII, Sec. 11, states that: “The State shall adopt an integrated
and comprehensive approach ti health development which shall endeavor to make essential goods,
health and other social services available to all the people at affordable cost. There shall be priority for
the needs of the underprivileged sick, elderly, disabled, women, and children. The State shall
endeavor to provide free medical services to paupers”.

WHO (1995) believes that “ governments have a responsibility for the health of their people
which can be fulfilled only by the provision of adequate health and social measures.

Later of Instruction [ LOI ] 949 signed on October 19, 1979 by then President Ferdinand E. Marcos
one year after the First International Conference on Primary Health Care was held in Alma Ata, USSR
on September 6-12, 1978, sponsored by the World Health Organization and UNICEF.
 Components of Primary Health Care

1. Environmental Sanitation ( adequate supply of safe water and good waste disposal)
2. Control of Communicable Diseases
3. Immunization
4. Health Education
5. Maternal and Child Health and Family Planning
6. Adequate Food and Proper Nutrition
7. Provision of Medical Care and emergency Treatment
8. Treatment of Locally Endemic Diseases
9. Provision of Essential Drugs