Lecture Sheet: Primary Health care
Subject: Community Health Nursing (CHN)
Prepared by:
Lecture Sheet: 04
, Define Primary Health Care (BNMC-21,22,23,24,25)
Primary Health Care (PHC) is the foundational framework used to provide
essential, accessible, and affordable health services directly to individuals and
families where they live and work.
or,
Primary Health Care (PHC) is essential health care that is made universally
accessible to individuals and families in the community.
What are the components/elements of PHC? (BNMC-
22,23,24,25)
1. Health Education: Teaching the public how to prevent and control local
health problems.
2. Nutrition: Improving food security and promoting healthy eating habits in
families.
3. Clean Water & Sanitation: Ensuring access to safe drinking water and proper
waste disposal.
4. Maternal & Child Health: Providing prenatal, postnatal, and family planning
services.
5. Immunization: Protecting the community through regular vaccination
programs.
6. Endemic Disease Control: Preventing locally common diseases like malaria
or tuberculosis.
7. Minor Illness Treatment: Providing basic medical care for common injuries.
8. Essential Drugs: Maintaining a supply of basic, life-saving medicines.
9. Mental Health: Giving psychological support.
Subject: Community Health Nursing (CHN)
Prepared by:
Lecture Sheet: 04
, Define Primary Health Care (BNMC-21,22,23,24,25)
Primary Health Care (PHC) is the foundational framework used to provide
essential, accessible, and affordable health services directly to individuals and
families where they live and work.
or,
Primary Health Care (PHC) is essential health care that is made universally
accessible to individuals and families in the community.
What are the components/elements of PHC? (BNMC-
22,23,24,25)
1. Health Education: Teaching the public how to prevent and control local
health problems.
2. Nutrition: Improving food security and promoting healthy eating habits in
families.
3. Clean Water & Sanitation: Ensuring access to safe drinking water and proper
waste disposal.
4. Maternal & Child Health: Providing prenatal, postnatal, and family planning
services.
5. Immunization: Protecting the community through regular vaccination
programs.
6. Endemic Disease Control: Preventing locally common diseases like malaria
or tuberculosis.
7. Minor Illness Treatment: Providing basic medical care for common injuries.
8. Essential Drugs: Maintaining a supply of basic, life-saving medicines.
9. Mental Health: Giving psychological support.
