1. Health
Education
Primary Health
Care
Chantelle Lessard-
Chaudoin M.P.H
Pannasastra University

2. Primary Health Care
 essential health care;
 based on practical, scientifically sound,
and socially acceptable method and
technology;
 universally accessible to all in the
community through their full participation;
 at an affordable cost;
 and geared toward self-reliance and self-
determination

3. Primary Health Care Principles
 Health Care should be accessible to all
people
 Health Care should be acceptable to the
community
 Health Care should be affordable by
community and country

4. Primary health Care Strategies
 Prevention
 Intersectoral
Collaboration
 Appropriate technology
 Community Involvement

5. Elements of Primary Health
Care
 1. education for the identification and prevention /
control of prevailing health challenges
 2. proper food supplies and nutrition; adequate
supply of safe water and basic sanitation
 3. maternal and child care, including family planning
 4. immunization against the major infectious diseases
 5. prevention and control of locally endemic
diseases
 6. appropriate treatment of common diseases using
appropriate technology
 7. promotion of mental, emotional and spiritual
health
 8. provision of essential drugs

6. Cambodian Health Data
 Maternal mortality rate:290
deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
 Infant mortality rate:total: 55.49
deaths/1,000 live births
 Life expectancy at birth: 62.67 years (total
population)

7. Japanese Health Data
 Maternal mortality rate:6 deaths/100,000
live births (2008)
 Infant mortality rate: 2.78 deaths/1,000 live
births
 Life expectancy at birth: 82.25 years (total
population)

8. Critical Thinking
 Why do you believe that there is such a
drastic difference between the health of
Cambodians and the health of Japanese
people?