Learning Objectives
- Define primary health care according to the Alma Ata Declaration.
- Describe the principles and elements of primary health care and give examples of primary health care services.
- Identify types of disease prevention activities. For example, immunisation is an example of ‘primary prevention’.
- Illustrate prevention in primary health care services through the application of national preventive health guidelines (e.g. RACGP Red Book; NACCHO/RACGP National Guide).
- Discuss the five action areas of Health Promotion according to the Ottawa Charter, and provide examples of how the action areas of health promotion can be applied to common health issues.
Primary Health Care
- how is PHC defined as per the Alma Ata Declaration?
- what are the principles of PHC?
- what are the elements of PHC?
- what are 3 examples of PHC services?
- what are the 5 Ottawa Charter action areas?
Disease Prevention
- what is primary vs secondary prevention?
- what are some examples of primary prevention?
- what are some examples of secondary prevention?