OBJECTIVE evaluate prenatal care for adolescents in health units, in accordance with the attributes of Primary Health Care (PHC) guidelines. METHOD quantitative study conducted with health professionals, using the Primary Care Assessment Tool-Brazil to assess the presence and extent of PHC attributes. RESULTS for all the participating units, the attribute Access scored =6.6; the attributes ...

The Rural Doctors’ Association of Southern Africa (RuDASA) has been very pleased with the government’s commitment to re-engineering and improving primary health care (PHC) in South Africa. We believe that good quality PHC must be the cornerstone of a well-functioning health care service and that, when done properly, is the most equitable, effective and cost-efficient manner in which to provide ...

Choices about forms of health care, including primary health care (PHC), are fundamentally political decisions, reflecting global and national power structures and alliances, changing economic conditions, emerging new health problems and health care challenges, and the development of new health technologies. However, these choices also reflect, and are often expressed in terms of, a philosophy ...

objective: to find out the quality of anc in the upazila health complexes (phc centres) of bangladesh. materials and methods: this cross sectional study was done in purposively selected three upazilas among the clients receiving antenatal care (anc). data were collected with questionnaire cum checklist in the context of two aspects of quality issues, namely assessment of physical arrangements f...

BACKGROUND In Nigeria, the shortage of health workers is worst at the primary health care (PHC) level, especially in rural communities. And the responsibility for PHC - usually the only form of formal health service available in rural communities - is shared among the three tiers of government (federal, state, and local governments). In addition, the responsibility for community engagement in P...

The focus of this paper is to examine the organisation of health care in Nepal from the literature available. After setting the study in context and examining health care in general, a more in-depth, look is taken at Primary Health Care (PHC) and how this recent emphasis is affecting nurse education. This leads into an analysis of whether or not nurses are the most appropriate personnel to deli...

BACKGROUND Mental health problems among young peoples are a growing public health issue around the world. In low- income countries health systems are characterized by lack of facilities, human resources and primary health care is rarely an integrated part of overall health care services. This study aims at exploring how primary health care professionals in Nicaragua perceive young people's ment...

Aim The study purpose was to provide evidence of validity for the Primary Health Care Engagement (PHCE) Scale, based on exploratory factor analysis and reliability findings from a large national survey of regulated nurses residing and working in rural and remote Canadian communities. BACKGROUND There are currently no published provider-level instruments to adequately assess delivery of commun...

BACKGROUND The EUprimecare project-team assessed the perception of primary health care (PHC) professionals and patients on quality of organization of PHC systems in the participating countries: Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania and Spain. This article presents the aggregated opinions, expectations and priorities of patients and professionals along some main dimensions of qual...

OBJECTIVE The main objective of the project was the evaluation of the organizational and financial aspects of midwives in primary health care (PHC), functioning under The Population Program for the Early Detection of Cervical Cancer two years after the implementation of new law regulations, which enable this occupational group to collect cytological material for screening. MATERIAL AND METHOD...