Primary Health Care in Europe

Book : Primary Health Care in Europe

Language : English

Library : Social Phsician

Publish Place : Copenhagen

ISBN : 92 9020 153 3

Publish Date : 00 1979

Publisher : World Health Organization WHO

Book Type : Report

Book Number : 3580

INDEX


CONTENTS
Preface ............................................
1. Introduction...................
1.1 The setting of PHC and main principles
2. Health and the development of health services in the European Region
2.1 Changing patterns of living in Europe................
2.2 The health of Europe..........................
2.3 The development of health care in Europe..............
2.4 Primary medical care in Europe today................
2.5 Summary.................................
3. The main problems of PHC in the European Region..............
3.1 Introduction..................................
3.2 The relationship between health and society...............
3.3 Operational and technical obstacles to the application of the PHC approach to health care in Europe.....................
3.3.1 Accepting the principles of PHC..................
3.3.2 Problems related to the principle that health care should be "needs related" and universally accessible and acceptable
3.3.3 Problems related to the principle that community participation is essential in PHC...........................
3.3.4 Problems related to the principle that PHC should be effective and efficient..............................
3.3.5 Problems related to the principle that PHC should be part of all development and of the wider health care system.........
3.3.6 Problems related to the environmental health component
of PHC.................................
3.3.7 Problems of training for primary health care...........
3.3.8 Problems of indices of health and the survival of the unfit. . . .
4. Towards new solutions: some new strategies for PHC in the European Region......................................
4.1 Introduction................................
4.2 Regional contributions..........................
4.3 The health centre and polyclinic movement: unification of services
4.4 The health cue team...........................
4.5 Health and education...........................
4.6 Community participation, the family, and the individual......
4.7 Some important contributions from research.............
4.8 The importance of PHC: new recognition?..............
4.9 The future.................................
Annex I Declaration of Alma-Ata..........................
Annex II Other publications of the WHO Regional Office for Europe relating to primary hearth care...........................
Annex III Publications and documents on primary health care distributed at the Alma-Ata Conference by Member States of the WHO European Region....................................