Education for primary health care

Implementation of "Chronic Care Model" for Diabetes Care in Iranian Primary Health Care: Does it work?

Objective: Traditional health care systems were not capable to face successfully with chronic diseases including diabetes mellitus. In this regard, the Chronic Care Model or CCM was created to promote quality of care. The aim of this study was to examine whether establishment of chronic care model, with focus on diabetic patients, has led to clinically significant outcomes in Iran. Materials a...

Disaster management and primary health care: implications for medical education

Natural and manmade disasters often result in the breakdown of social system and services with pronounced effects on human development and economy. They also cause illhealth and deaths either directly or through the disruption of health systems, leaving the affected communities without access to healthcare in times of emergency. Empirical evidence shows that these negative effects are dispropor...

Reorientation of medical education for primary health care.

SHORTFALLS IN THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE In many countries, health programmes continue to be low in level and quality and uneven in coverage though effective medical technologies are readily available. In many parts of the world, health services have not reached the rural or urban poor, or services are grossly inadequate or unreliable. There is imbalance between curative and preventive progra...

The Commission on Education for Primary Health Care

Challenges of a Program for Public Mental Health Education with an Emphasis on Self-Care in Primary Health Care: A Qualitative Study

Background: Mental health education aims to increase mental health literacy (MHL) and plays a crucial role on mental health of community members. However, but its implementation in primary health care (PHC) faces obstacles and problems. Therefore, this study was conducted to explain the challenges of the public mental health education program with an emphasis on self-care in Iran's PHC. Method...