Since the middle of the last century, Primary Health Care (PHC) has been developed as organizer of health systems of universal character in countries as England, Sweden, The Netherlands, Canada, and New Zealand among others. The Brazilian PHC is implemented as a state policy and defined in a broad format, involving promotion and protection, damage prevention, diagnosis, treatment as well as hea...

internationally early intervention programmes for infants and preschoolers with disabilities have proved to be remarkably successful. in many countries, they began with teachers for visually impaired or hearing impaired children visiting the family home to teach parents how they could overcome the child's impairments. the logic of early intervention was inequitable. for example, the sooner...

This study comprises a systematic review and metasynthesis of qualitative literature on national and international databases to identify the main tools used to assess Primary Health Care (PHC). A total of 3,048 results were returned for literature written in Portuguese, Spanish and English published between 1979 and 2013. Thirty-three articles/studies were selected after thorough reading and an...

The transition to primary health care (PHC) is often described in an idealized manner, which either ignores or obscures the experiences associated with its implementation at the local level. By adopting an anthropological perspective, this article highlights some of these experiences and the context within which they occur for one health care organisation in remote Western Australia. It specifi...

BACKGROUND: Although effective treatment modalities for mental health problems currently exist in Nigeria, they remain irrelevant to the 70% of Nigeria's 120 million people who have no access to modern mental health care services. The nation's Health Ministry has adopted mental health as the 9th component of Primary Health Care (PHC) but ten years later, very little has been done to put this po...

We analyzed the adoption of community intervention “VAMOS Program” in Primary Health Care (PHC). carried out a community-based study using mixed-methods Units Florianopolis, Brazil. assessed through RE-AIM framework and conducted interviews focus groups with 33 health professionals 26 users participating intervention. The rate was 25%, among 80%. identified three themes related to we found that...

OBJECTIVES To study and evaluate the first phase of the Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Health Institutions (CBAHI) in primary health care (PHC) accreditation cycle. Methods: A descriptive analytical study of to evaluate 93 PHC survey visits in 20 regions, over the period October 2016 to May 2017. Results: In the period October 2016 to January 2017, only 28 out of 93 PHC center (30%) t...

BACKGROUND Homosexual patients are affected by social factors in their environment, and as a result may not have easy access to existing health care services. Prejudice against homosexuality and homosexual patients remains a barrier to them seeking appropriate healthcare. The concern is that lesbians and gays might delay or avoid seeking health care when they need it because of past discriminat...

OBJECTIVE To determine the primary health care (PHC) physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and practices on asthma care in the sectors of Abha and Khamis Mushayt, Aseer Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study in Aseer region, Saudi Arabia during the period from June to July 2001. Sixty-one PHC physicians were selected randomly through 2-stage stratified sampl...

BACKGROUND The demand for HIV care and treatment services is increasing rapidly and strategies to sustain long-term care should be employed. The decentralisation and integration of HIV care and treatment services into primary healthcare (PHC) is vitally important in order to ensure optimal access to life-saving antiretroviral therapy and ongoing chronic care. Conversely, the PHC system is fraug...