Table 2 Strengths of the Primary Health Care Expansion Program
Themes | Subthemes |
|---|---|
Context analysis | Collecting population data |
Getting to know the characteristics of the population in terms of distribution and age groups | |
grouping the population and determining the areas covered by the centers | |
Preliminary assessment of the population in terms of disease prevalence | |
House-to-house census and identification of environmental problems | |
Development of infrastructure and physical resources | Allocation of resources and development of physical environment |
Building centers and equipping them in slums | |
The purchase of electronic equipment to provide health services | |
Development of the physical space of health centers | |
Supply of Human Resources | Recruitment in the form of health teams in slum areas |
Recruitment with the help of the private sector | |
Recruitment of nutrition experts and psychologists to the health teams | |
Increase in the staff to population ratio | |
Recruitment of multi-professional staff in health centers | |
Strengthening and expanding PHC services | Providing New Health Service (New PHC) |
Providing psychology and nutrition counseling services | |
Screening and care of non-communicable diseases | |
Providing active care to the population | |
Strengthening the infectious disease care system, especially in Covid-19 pandemic | |
Promoting health literacy and self-care culture | |
Increasing access to and equity in providing services | Increasing service coverage in underprivileged areas |
Attention to the principles of primary health care | |
Increasing access to services by building new centers |