HEALTH EVALUATION 2

HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS

AIMS OF HEALTH AGENCIES Increase in life expectancy. Reduction in mortality rate. Decrease in population growth. Improvement in nutritional status. Provision of basic sanitation and literacy.

FEATURES OF HEALTH AGENCIES Should be able to cure and prevent the spread of

any disease. The system and its activities should be acceptable

to the people in the community. Should allow the community members to

participate in its activities. The treatment should be low in cost or atleast

affordable by all the members of the community

HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS Two types depending on the location Urban health care systems Rural health care systems

URBAN HEALTH AGENCIES Modern hospitals with all facilities Nursing homes etc Urban health centre Voluntary organisations

RURAL HEALTH AGENCIES Village health guides Local dayees Anganwadi workers Rural hospitals Primary health centres Community health centres

VILLAGE HEALTH GUIDES

Social worker - not a government employee

Receives a small amount of money as honorarium

Link between community & government health care system    

Government trains him & provides the necessary information for the treatment & small medical kit

Treatment of simple ailments, giving first aid, providing information regarding sanitation, mother & child health care & small family norms

LOCAL DAYEE The traditional birth attendant. Untrained dayees conduct

deliveries in unhygienic conditions and endanger the life of both the child and the mother. Therefore, the government trains them.

Trained dayees perform deliveries at patients’ home and under safe and hygienic conditions thereby reducing the mortality rate of the mother and child

Play an important role in propagating small family norms

ANGANWADI WORKER Anganwadi means “courtyard” Under the I C D S, one

anganwadi worker is allotted to a population of 1000

Trained in various aspects of health, nutrition and child development

Duties are to ensure regular check up, immunisation, health education to the people

Conduct non-formal pre-school education.

RURAL HOSPITALS

Situated in remote rural and interior places

Serve people who cannot afford to go to towns and cities for health problems

SUB-CENTRE HOSPITALS

For a population of about 3000 – 5000

One male and one female health worker take care of each such centre

Taking care of the health of mothers & children, provide information regarding family planning and handling the immunisation programme

PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE Health needs of rural population     1 lakh spread over 100 villages One Medical Officer, one Block

Extension Educator, one female Health Assistant, a compounder, a driver and a laboratory technician

Equipped with a jeep and necessary facilities to carry out small surgeries

Deals with medical care, mother & child health, family planning, safe water supply and sanitation,

Prevention and control of diseases,collecting statistical information, health education, training of health workers, dayees, health guides etc.,basic laboratory investigations

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRES

Covers a population of 1 lakh

30 beds and is looked after by specialists in medicine and surgery

Equipped with x-ray machine and necessary facilities to carry out surgeries and treat complicated cases also