Learning Activity #5 (Online)
Primary Health Care in the Community
In Practice:
1. Participate in the Forum Discussion related to the principles and trends in primary care in BC.
2. Primary health care addresses the main health problems of a community, providing promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative services accordingly. The RNABC supports the idea of community health centres as a core service for providing primary health care. In your Journal, write a one paragraph description of an ideal community health centre for your local community, emphasizing the role of nurses within the centre.
3. In “Primary Health Care in Transition” (CIHI, 2003) a comparison is made between Primary Medical Care (often called Primary Care) and Primary Health Care. Create a table like the following one and complete the third column. How would nursing care fit into the Primary Health Care approach described?
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Primary Medical Care
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Primary Health Care
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Nursing Care
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FOCUS
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Illness
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Health
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Your entry
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Cure
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Prevention, Care, Cure
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Your entry
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CONTENT
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Treatment
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Health Promotion
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Your entry
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Episodic Care
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Continous Care
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Your entry
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Specific Problems Mode
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Comprehensive Care
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Your entry
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ORGANIZATION
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Physician in solo practice
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Multidisciplinary Team
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Your entry
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RESPONSIBILITY
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Health sector responsible
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Intersectoral collaboration
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Your entry
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Passive Reception
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Joint Responsibility
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Your entry
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Professional Dominance
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Community Participation
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Your entry
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Today's Activities
1. Readings
Primary Health Care: Position Statement.
Primary Health Care in Transition?”
in Health Care in Canada
(pages 33 to 42)
2. Journaling
3. Forum Discussion
4. Complete Table
5. Complete Worksheet
6. Orientation Chat
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