NURS303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Primary Healthcare, Health Care, Health Promotion
23 Dec 2016
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Primary health care = no uniform, universally applicable definition of primary health care exists (who, 2003: many of the concepts in health may have some predominant accepted definitions, but largely contestable notions. it isn"t primary care! Primary care refers to the delivery of community-based clinical health-care services. Primary care providers coordinate the care of individuals and enable equitable and timely access to other health-care services and providers. individuals and enable equitable and timely access to other health-care services and providers. The primary care sector focuses on preventing, diagnosing, treating and managing health conditions as well as promoting health (cna, 2015, p. 2). Primary care is part of what everyone thought about a long time, primary health care is more of a recent idea. Primary care is first point of contact, it"s a delivery. Secondary care would be hospital care (once you"re in the system, you get secondary and tertiary care)
