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CMH 111 Introduction to Primary Health Care

ND1 levelMedical & Health Sciences15 topics

CMH 111 covers 15 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Concept of health
  2. Concept of primary health care
  3. Key terms in PHC
  4. Tiers of Nigerian health system
  5. Functions and relationships of health care tiers
  6. Principles of primary health care
  7. Components of primary health care
  8. Health education and disease prevention
  9. Maternal and child health and family planning
  10. Essential drugs and appropriate treatment
  11. Factors affecting health in Nigeria
  12. History of Nigerian health system
  13. Health team composition
  14. National health policy
  15. PHC under one roof and basic health care provision

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Concept of health

The concept of health is the foundation of primary health care and determines how health services are planned, delivered and evaluated. Students must master the WHO definition, the multidimensional nature of health, the determinants of health, and how health is measured and promoted in communities.

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