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  2. Primary health care - Wikipedia

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    Primary health care. Primary health care (PHC) is a whole-of-society approach to effectively organise and strengthen national health systems to bring services for health and wellbeing closer to communities. [1] Primary health care enables health systems to support a person’s health needs – from health promotion to disease prevention ...

  3. Health education - Wikipedia

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    Medicine portal. Society portal. v. t. e. Health education is a profession of educating people about health. [1] Areas within this profession encompass environmental health, physical health, social health, emotional health, intellectual health, and spiritual health, as well as sexual and reproductive health education. [2][3] It can also be ...

  4. Declaration of Alma-Ata - Wikipedia

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    It was the first international declaration underlining the importance of primary health care. The primary health care approach has since then been accepted by member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) as the key to achieving the goal of "Health For All", but only in developing countries at first. This applied to all other ...

  5. What Is Primary Care? Healthcare Services, Procedures, Doctors

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    Primary care is your first resource for healthcare. It's about having a provider who will partner with you to help you stay healthy and able to live your best life. Primary care providers are ...

  6. What's a Primary Care Physician (PCP)? - Healthline

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    A primary care physician (PCP) is a medical doctor trained to prevent, diagnose, and treat a wide range of illnesses and injuries in the general population. They may refer you to specialists for ...

  7. What Is a Primary Care Physician? - WebMD

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    A primary care physician is a health manager. They are in clinics, long-term care facilities, private practices, outpatient hospital settings, inpatient hospital settings, and group practices.

  8. What Is a Community Health Worker? - WebMD

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    Community health worker duties include: Home visits. Sanitation of the environment. Provision of water and nutrition. First aid. Treatment of simple or common illnesses. Health education. Maternal ...

  9. What Is Preventive Health and Why Is It Important?

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    Preventive health refers to routine care you receive in order to maintain your health. It’s key to diagnosing medical conditions before they become a problem. Preventing serious diseases before ...