Primary health care is indispensable care based on real-world, systematically valid and socially appropriate techniques and technologies that are unanimously made available to families and every individual in the community through their full involvement where the community is able to afford at great cost to sustain at every stage of its growth the essence of self-sufficiency and self-governance. Primary health care in international health is associated with the global conference held in Alma Ata in 1978; the conference that promoted the “health for all” initiative in 2000. “Primary health care, broadly defined in Alma Ata, emphasized universal health care for all individuals and families, encouraged participation of community members in all aspects of health care planning and implementation and promoted the provision of care that is scientifically sound, technically effective, socially relevant and acceptable” (Janice E.Hitchcock,2003). Primary healthcare is commonly seen as a level of care or as the entry point into the healthcare system for its client. It can also mean a particular approach to care that is concerned with containing care, accessibility, community involvement and collaboration between other sectors. Primary health care policy has certain principles that are designed to work together and be implemented simultaneously to achieve better health outcomes for the entire society. There are six principles of primary health care. To begin with, the first principles are Accessibility, Equality and Social Justice. It is the first and most important key to primary healthcare. Health care service must be equally distributed and shared by all people in the community, without respect… middle of paper… community nurse who would make a healthy healthcare decision in everyday life. The main goal of primary healthcare is to allow the public to have control over their own decisions about which healthcare and their families. Primary health care also reflects the principles, components and values that have always guided nurses in their daily practice, such as disease prevention, health promotion and teamwork with other staff members. (Approximately 2260 words) REFERENCE Anne McMurray, JC Community Health and Wellbeing: Primary Health Care in Practice (eth ed.). (L. Norrie, ed.) Australia: Libby Houston.Janice E. Hitchcock, PE (2003). Community Health Nursing – Caring In Action (2nd ed.).(CL Experts, Ed.) New York: William Brottmiller. Retrieved April 12, 2014. From http://www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/declaration_almaata. pdf
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