BACKGROUND Psychiatric conditions contribute to 13%of the global burden of diseases and account for one third of years lost because of disability (YLD). Despite the high prevalence of mental health problems, primary health care (PHC) services remain ineffective in managing patients with mental health conditions. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to determine the practices of PHC nurses in t...

BACKGROUND Primary Health Care (PHC) is a strategy endorsed for attaining equitable access to basic health care including treatment and prevention of endemic diseases. Thirty four years later, its implementation remains sub-optimal in most Sub-Saharan African countries that access to health interventions is still a major challenge for a large proportion of the rural population. Community-direct...

PURPOSE The number of cancer survivors is increasing, and patients with cancer often experience long-lasting consequences of cancer and its treatment. Because of the variety of health problems and high prevalence of comorbidity, primary care physicians (PCPs) seem obvious candidates to take care of these patients, and insight into primary health care (PHC) use of cancer survivors is needed. We ...

The structuring of care to the homeless people through Primary Health Care (PHC), standardized in 2012 is a challenge to the Brazilian Health System. This article discuss the practices of a Street Clinic (eCnaR) team for the homeless and alcohol, crack and other drugs users in order to provide comprehensive care implemented according to PHC and health promotion conceptions. A qualitative analys...

1Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia. Asir General Directorate of Health Affairs, Asir, Saudi Arabia. Received: 08/04/02; accepted: 29/09/03 ABSTRACT Use of primary health care (PHC) services and satisfaction among elderly people (60 + years) in Asir was studied in 26 PHC centres. They visited PHC centres significantly les...

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care (PHC) sector has embraced continuous quality improvement (CQI) as a way of improving the overall quality of care delivered to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, in order to improve health outcomes. This evidence brief presents an overview of findings from local and international research about barriers, enablers and s...

BACKGROUND In 2008, the WHO facilitated the primary health care (PHC) revitalisation agenda. The purpose was to strengthen African health systems in order to address communicable and non-communicable diseases. Our aim was to assess the position of civil society-led community home based care programmes (CHBC), which serve the needs of patients with HIV, within this agenda. We examined how their ...

Since the 1980s, after the return of democracy, most Latin American countries (LAC) experienced both important improvements in the population’s living conditions and health status and profound socioepidemiological and cultural changes (1–3). During this period, the primary health care (PHC) principles have been at the core of many health policy agendas of the Region as a strategy to guarantee t...

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care (PHC) sector has embraced continuous quality improvement (CQI) as a way of improving the overall quality of care delivered to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, in order to improve health outcomes. This evidence brief presents an overview of findings from local and international research about barriers, enablers and s...

The House of Public Participation in Health has been established to attract public participation as one of the principles of primary health care (PHC) and the missing link of socialization of the health system, with the participation of public mediators at both provincial and city levels. Members of the People's Participation Council are representatives of grassroots organizations at the provin...