3. HEALTH TEAM
• A health team is a
group of persons
who work
together to
promote better
health in the
community.
Health team in Madurai. TN. India
4. • The health team members
function according to the rules
laid down by the Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare, Govt
of India in consonance with their
policies.
5. DEFINITION
• A team is defined as group of
persons with different levels of
knowledge, abilities and
personalities who must
complement each other and who
share a common goal.
6. • A team of health personnel
together can provide better
health services than when they
are functioning alone.
7. CONCEPT OF HEALTH TEAM
• The practice of modern medicine has
become a joint effort of many groups
of workers both medical and non
medical.
• The paramedical personnel includes :
cont….
8. 1. Physician.
2.National Social Workers.
3. Health Assistants and Dias.
4. Village Health Guides.
5. Panchayat leaders.
6. Teachers.
7. Post Masters.
8. Woman Health Leader.
9. CHARATERISTICS OF A TEAM
• Team ha an objective.
• Team follows rules.
• Team organizes themselves to
achieve their objectives.
• Team members co-operate.
10. TEAM AT THE PHC
1. Medical Officer-Team leader.
2. Block Extension Educator.
3. Health Assistant (Male &
Female).
4. health Worker (Male & Female).
5. Health Guides.
11. COMMUNITY HEALTH TEAM
• Refers to a group of people
working together for common
goal in order to provide
preventive, promotive, curative,
rehabilitative, restorative
services to the individual, family
and community.
15. FUNCTIONS OF HEALTH
CARE TEAM
• Maternal and Child Health
services.
• Family planning.
• Medical Termination of
pregnancy.
16. • Control and prevention of
communicable disease.
• Dai training.
• Registration of vital events.
17. • Maintenance of records.
• Provision of primary medical
care.
• Team activities.
• Toconduct survey.
18. • Organization and implementation
of immunization programme.
• Identification of reports about
communicable diseases.
• Toprovide follow up and referals.
19. • Guiding the health workers for
planning programmes.
• Conducting group meetings.
• Organization of health
programmes.
• Supervision and guidance.
21. • Cooperative activities within the
team members and village
persons.
• Plan for visiting.
• Administration in primary and
sub centres and district levels.
22. • Supervision of health care team
members.
• Education, orientation, in-service
education, Dai training, Training
of students.
23. • Provision of school health services.
• Carry out laboratory investigations
(Malaria, TB) and medication
administration on prescription.