Safety And Health

Question 1

Discuss Society

Answer 1

It is the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community with a specific culture, sharing the same goals,morals,values, principles and beliefs.
It consists of people with specific culinary which in turn affect the health of the people either positively or negatively.

Question 2

Define Culture

Answer 2

It is a complex whole which includes knowledge,belief,art,morals,law,customs and other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.
It is the sum total of what people do because of what they have learnt.

Question 3

List and explain the aspects or levels of Culture

Answer 3

1.Concrete
(Visible and tangible aspects of culture)
2.Behavioral
(Practices ,habits and lifestyle)
3.Symbolic
(Symbols and rituals throughout which values and beliefs are often expressed)

Question 4

List and Explain the three key concepts in Culture

Answer 4

1.Insider and Outsider
(View on belongingness and understanding of culture)
2.Ethnocentrism
(Belief that one’s culture is the best)
3.Holism
(The view that culture is a whole,but made up of a variety of parts)

Question 5

Define Healthcare

Answer 5

It is a multitude of services rendered to individuals,families or communities by the agents of health services or professionals for the purpose of promoting, maintaining, monitoring or restoring health.

Question 6

Answer the following questions pertaining healthcare.
What are they?
Who provides them?
Who receives them?
For what purpose?

Answer 6

•services
•agents of health services/health professionals
•individuals,families,communities
•monitoring, promoting, restoring and maintaining health

Question 7

List the levels of primary healthcare and which level is the most important?

Answer 7

•primary
•secondary
•tertiary

Primary level is the most important

Question 8

List the key terms of primary healthcare

Answer 8

•essential healthcare
•acceptable methods and technology
•universally accessible to IFCs
•full participation
•afford to maintain
•there is development
•self determination

Question 9

How do you know its primary healthcare?

Answer 9

•it is the first level of contact between individual and the health system.
•essential health care is provided to the people.
•a majority of prevailing health problems are acceptably managed.
•it is the closest to the people.
•provided by healthcare facilities like health posts,health centers and 1st level hospitals

Question 10

List the elements or programs or core activities of healthcare.

Answer 10

•Education
•Locally endemic diseases
•Expanded program of Immunization
•Maternal and Child Health care
•Essential drugs
•Nutrition : Promotion of food supply
•Treatment of common diseases and non-communicable diseases
•Safe water and sanitation

Question 11

List the characteristics of a sound health care.

Answer 11

•Affordability (bearable cost)
•Availability (existing)
•Accessibility (reachable)
•Acceptability (approval)
•Assessability (able to be evaluated, examined)
•Appropriateness (correct,suitable)
•Adequacy (enough, sufficient)
•Accountability (answerable)

•Comprehensiveness (integrated)
•Completeness
•Continuity (ongoing,sustainable)

Question 13

List the factors that hinder the aims of primary healthcare.

Answer 13

•inadequate political will
•centralized planning and management
•selective primary health care strategies
•unbalanced distribution of resources
•slow socioeconomic development
•increased burden arising from HIV/AIDS,cancer and malaria
•people’s misconceptions that primary healthcare is for the poor.
•the continuing low status of women