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Scaling up primary health care in the philippines: Lessons from a systematic review of experiences of community-based health programs

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Co, EEA; Caragay, RN; Lopez, JCF; Sia, IC; Estacio, LR; Lam, HY; Madamba, JS; Abola, RIB; Villena, MFA
Published in: Acta Medica Philippina
January 1, 2018

Background. In view of renewed interest in primary health care (PHC) as a framework for health system development, there is a need to revisit how successful community health programs implemented the PHC approach, and what factors should be considered to scale up its implementaton in order to sustainably atain ideal community health outcomes in the Philippines. Objectve and methodology. Using the 2008 World Health Report PHC reform categories as analytcal framework, this systematc review aimed to glean lessons from experiences in implementng PHC that may help improve the functoning of the current decentralized community-level health system in the country, by analyzing gathered evidence on how primary health care evolved in the country and how community health programs in the Philippines were shaped by the PHC approach. Results. Nineteen (19) artcles were gathered, 15 of which documented service delivery reforms, two (2) on universal coverage reforms, three (3) on leadership reform, and one (1) on public policy. The literature described how successful PHC efforts centered on community partcipaton and empowerment, thus pinpointng how community empowerment stll needs to be included in natonal public health thrusts, amid the current emphasis on performance indicators to evaluate the success of health programs. Conclusion and recommendatons. The studies included in the review emphasize the need for natonal level public health interventons to be targeted to community health and social determinants of health as well as individual health. Metrics for community empowerment should be developed and implemented by government towards sustainable health and development, while ensuring scientfc validity of community health interventons.

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Acta Medica Philippina

EISSN

2094-9278

ISSN

0001-6071

Publication Date

January 1, 2018

Volume

52

Issue

2

Start / End Page

194 / 202
 

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Co, E. E. A., Caragay, R. N., Lopez, J. C. F., Sia, I. C., Estacio, L. R., Lam, H. Y., … Villena, M. F. A. (2018). Scaling up primary health care in the philippines: Lessons from a systematic review of experiences of community-based health programs. Acta Medica Philippina, 52(2), 194–202.
Co, E. E. A., R. N. Caragay, J. C. F. Lopez, I. C. Sia, L. R. Estacio, H. Y. Lam, J. S. Madamba, R. I. B. Abola, and M. F. A. Villena. “Scaling up primary health care in the philippines: Lessons from a systematic review of experiences of community-based health programs.” Acta Medica Philippina 52, no. 2 (January 1, 2018): 194–202.
Co EEA, Caragay RN, Lopez JCF, Sia IC, Estacio LR, Lam HY, et al. Scaling up primary health care in the philippines: Lessons from a systematic review of experiences of community-based health programs. Acta Medica Philippina. 2018 Jan 1;52(2):194–202.
Co, E. E. A., et al. “Scaling up primary health care in the philippines: Lessons from a systematic review of experiences of community-based health programs.” Acta Medica Philippina, vol. 52, no. 2, Jan. 2018, pp. 194–202.
Co EEA, Caragay RN, Lopez JCF, Sia IC, Estacio LR, Lam HY, Madamba JS, Abola RIB, Villena MFA. Scaling up primary health care in the philippines: Lessons from a systematic review of experiences of community-based health programs. Acta Medica Philippina. 2018 Jan 1;52(2):194–202.

Published In

Acta Medica Philippina

EISSN

2094-9278

ISSN

0001-6071

Publication Date

January 1, 2018

Volume

52

Issue

2

Start / End Page

194 / 202