Question

Q:1.1 World Health Organisation (WHO) has published a document Innovative Care for Chronic Conditions- Building Blocks for Action. According to it, How to manage chronic diseases?

1.2  Refer to New Model of Primary and Community Care to meet the challenges of chronic disease prevention and management: list the components of the new model of primary health care in Australia.

Answer 1

1.1, world health organization provide leadership and direction for all level promotion of health and prevention and control of major chronic disease and their risk factors..chronic disease prevention and management aim to reduce high - risk among individuals and providing appropriate care by early findings through affordable strategies and technologies and providing equal and quality health care for major chronic diseases..To promote Evidence and to be successful policy makers must contribute in this program..

Disease management programs with many components focusing chronic disease will care people at all levels..it includes coordination of care..social interventions to improve outcomes for people and cost-effectiveness.. systematic approach will be effective and also cost saving . example tobacco control, nutrition and diet, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, stroke etc..

1.2, components of the new model of primary health care in Australia:

- community settings health services

- general practice

- domiciliary settings in the home like aged care, homeless people boarding house

- educational settings like preschool, primary and secondary school,vocational and tertiary educational settings.

- occupational setting includes health and safety and workplace nursing.

- informal and unstructured settings including sports daily life and community groups..