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PHC-1 Mid Term Exam-Final Questions With Answers-2023
PHC-1 Mid Term Exam-Final Questions With Answers-2023
Paynesville, Liberia
MID-TERM EXAM
Health promotion
Illness prevention
Antenatal and postnatal care
Child and family health nursing
Treatment and care of sick people
Rehabilitation and palliation
Community development
Population and public health
Education and research
Policy development and advocacy
2. List the essential health care components of PHC consisting of at least eight
elements and the additional elements incorporated after the Alma-Ata
declaration?
Ans:
a) Health Education
b) Provision of essential drugs
c) Immunization d) MCH/FP
e) Treatment of common Diseases and injuries
f) Adequate supply of safe water and basic sanitation
g) Communicable Disease control
h) Food supply and proper nutrition
Additional elements incorporated after Alma-Ata
1. Oral Health
2. Mental Health
3. Use of traditional medicine
4. Occupational health
5. HIV/AIDS
6. ARI
4. What are the factors that hinder great community involvement in health
Ans:
a. Rigid professional behavior of health service provides, which
need to be tempered to allow greater community involvement
b. The professional staff generally takes decisions in health
services and there is no tradition of allowing people to be
involved in decision-making.
c. Wrong assumption by health staff that community does not
know what is good for them and that only health staff can
determine their needs
d. Lack of flexibility in health service and general unwillingness
to change.
Growth monitoring:
Oral rehydration therapy:
Breastfeeding
Immunization
Family planning (birth spacing)
Female education
Food supplementation:
BONUS:
1. List the learning objective for this course
Ans:
1. Define primary health care (PHC) and describe its
concept;
2. Describe the historical development and challenges of
PHC at national and international level;
3. Describe the components, strategies and principles of
PHC