Integral and Comprehensive Care

Catalog description

This course addresses the most important and basic issues in maternal and child health and its implications for the planning, organization, and delivery of comprehensive health services. Policies, legislation, regulations, and standards which guide and det ermine the provision of these health services are carefully examined. The course is divided into several units: Unit I - Is an introductory unit to the course where the following topics are discussed: Health Situation of Mothers and Children in P.R., The O bjectives and the Essential Elements of Care of an MCH Program; Standards and Guidelines of Care; The Delivery of Health Services as the Model of Care Being Implemented in P.R. Unit II - Makes emphasis on the women in our contemporary society and the effec ts of her expectations on Health Care System. Unit III - Enters into the study of human life cycle and Public Health: growth and development and its implications for organization of MCH programs and services.