Diffusion of Computer Technology in Primary Health Care in the Third World

The development of health and family planning services in Bangladesh is examined in the context of the country's political economy. Inequities of power, influence, opportunity, and the ownership and distribution of assets and income are seen to lie at the root of the “Bangladesh crisis.” In this, the country is not unlike many others in the Third World, only more so. The internal and external pressures which have contributed to a coercive attitude toward the problem of too rapid population growth are discussed. The allocation of Bangladeshi health service resources is examined in terms of expenditure, manpower, and facilities; they are found to be both inequitably distributed and inefficiently applied. Some alternatives to present patterns of development are touched upon. It is concluded that despite the country's poverty, most people do not have to go without basic primary health care (including family planning), which can be afforded even by countries as economically impoverished as Bangladesh.

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The unique requirements of primary health care in Southern Africa

Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie ◽

10.4102/satnt.v5i2.980 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 71-76

Author(s):

D. P. Knobel

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

Special Reference ◽

Southern Africa ◽

Third World ◽

The Third ◽

Primary Health ◽

Power Base ◽

Heterogenous Population ◽

The Third World

The critical need for primary health care in Southern Africa with special reference to the demands of the heterogenous population is measured against the background of the declaration of Alma Ata at the WHO/UNICEF conference in 1978. In particular the provision of primary health care to the Third World communities of the RSA as an essential part of the security power base of the State is underlined and it is analised in terms of how shortcomings in this service can be exploited in a subversive revolutionary onslaught.

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Mental health in primary care

Psychiatric Bulletin ◽

10.1192/pb.13.1.20 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 20-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

O. O. Famuyiwa

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

Community Mental Health ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Third World ◽

Community Mental Health Services ◽

Primary Health Care System ◽

Primary Health ◽

The Third World

The expression primary health care (PHC) gives the impression of an ensemble of control of communicable diseases, infant care, avoidance of insanitary personal habits and curbing environmental pollution. These indeed constitute the main elements of the scheme but are not exclusive to it. An integral but often ignored aspect is the community dimension of mental health whose importance is underscored by the fact that a significant majority of people in the third world live in rural areas with minimal or no access to formal psychiatric facilities. In this paper, I shall review the conceptual framework and practicality of primary health care with special reference to community mental health, highlight some notable limitations to policy execution and finally propose an organisational model structure for the community mental health services within the primary health care system.

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STRATEGI PENGENDALIAN TUBERKULOSIS DI PUSKESMAS PEKANBARU KOTA, TENAYAN RAYA DAN SIMPANG TIGA KOTA PEKANBARU The Strategies Of Tb Control In Primary Health Care Pekanbaru City, Tenayan Raya and Simpang Tiga Pekanbaru City

Jurnal Ilmu Lingkungan ◽

10.31258/jil.15.2.p.168-177 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 168

Author(s):

Meimi Laillah ◽

Ridwan Manda Putra ◽

Suyanto Suyanto

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

Government Policy ◽

Sampling Method ◽

Causes Of Death ◽

Tb Control ◽

The Third ◽

Primary Health ◽

The Government ◽

India And China

TTuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) which affects the lungs and other organ., Indonesia is the third highest after India and China and Indonesia’s top ten causes of death in Indonesia. The purposeofthis study wastodeterminestrategycontrolof the TB Program in Pekanbaru City. Thisstudyisresearchwith SWOT analysisandsurveyanddirectinterviews in thefield,and the studyisgoing onJanuary-February 2021 at Pekanbaru City Primary Health Care, Tenayan Raya and Simpang Tiga PrimaryHealth Care.interview and survey with a total sampling method of 84 samples. The study’s resultsfrom the government policy involved that supporting the TB program in Pekanbaru cityisrespectable. At thesametime, fromthecommunity in thefield, there are stillpeoplewhodo not understand TB disease, forexample, theincidenceof TB disease, mode oftransmission, andthedurationoftreatmentandprevention. Suggested in controllingthe program TB disease, it is necessary to provide education and explanation to sufferers and the surrounding community

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Contemporary demands on the community nurse

Curationis ◽

10.4102/curationis.v7i4.925 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

Author(s):

O.H. Muller

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

Cape Town ◽

Industrial Society ◽

Third Wave ◽

Community Nurse ◽

The Third ◽

Agricultural Revolution ◽

Primary Health

A quarter of a century ago Mr Harold MacMillan delivered his famous Winds o f Change speech in Cape Town. In 1975 Dr. Wolff Bodenstein, in delivering a paper on primary health care, referred to the storms o f change. Now, a decade later, John Naisbitt speaks of megatrends when elaborating on change on a worldwide scale from an industrial society to an informational society. Alvin Toffler’s widely read The Third Wave speaks of similar trends on a scale comparable to the agricultural revolution and the industrial revolution.

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