application of epidemiology process in primary health centre activity

1. Topic:- Application of
Epidemiology in Primary
Health Centres
Presented by :-Dr.Anjalatchi Muthukumaran
Vice principal
Era college of nursing , lucknow-226003

2. AT THE END OF THE TEACHING STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO :-
1. INTRODUCE PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE.
2. OVERVIEW THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF PRIMARY
HEALTH CENTRE IN INDIA.
3. DEFINE PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE.
4. DESCRIBE THE OBJECTIVES OF PHC.
5. ELABORATE THE LEVEL OF CARE IN PHC.
6. EXPLAIN THE FUNCTION OF PHC.
7. ENLIST THE STAFFING IN PHC.
8. DISCUSS THE APPLICATION OF EPIDEMIOLOGY IN PHC.
9. POINT OUT THE ROLE OF NURSE IN PHC.
Learning objectives:-

10. Objectives
 To provide comprehensive primary health care to
the community at PHCs.
 To achieve and maintain an acceptable standards
of quality of care..
 To make the services more responsive and
sensitive to the need of the community.

17. Application of Epidemiology in PHC
The IPHS for primary health centres has been prepared
keeping in view the resources available with respect to
functional requirement for PHCs with minimum standards
such as building, manpower, instruments and equipments
and other facilities etc.
 To provide comprehensive primary health care to the
community through the Primary health centres.
 To achieve and maintain an acceptable standard of
quality of care.
 To make the services more responsive and sensitive to
the needs of the community.

18. Cont…..
The assured services cover all the essential elements
of preventive , promotive ,curative and rehabilitative
primary health care includes :-
 Medical care
 Maternal and child health care
 Full range of family planning services
 Medical termination of pregnancy using manual
aspiration technique.
 Health education for prevention and management
of STI.

19. Cont….
 Nutritional services
 School health services
 Adolescent health care
 Disease surveillance and control of epidemics.
 Collection and reporting of vital events.
 Promotion of sanitation
 Testing of water quality and disinfection of water
 National health programmes
 Appropriate and prompt referral of cases.

20. Cont…
Record of vital events
Basic laboratory services
Monitoring and supervision
Selected surgical procedure

23. Conclusion

24. REFERENCES
• PARK .K. Park’s textbook of preventive and social
medicine. Jabalpur, banarasida bhanote. Page no.
904-905.
• www.google.com primary health centre wikipedia.
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