Nursing Foundation

1. HEALTH CARE
AGENCY
Mr. Melvin Jacob
MSc Nursing

2. INTRODUCTION
• India is rich with many health care agencies
• Function: to promote health, to prevent illness
and to provide curative services
• Aim : to reduce the mortality and morbidity
rates

3. Which can be achieved by the following ,
 Provision for promotive and preventive care
 Rendering curative services
 Reduction in population growth rate
 Improvement in nutritional status
 Improvement in sanitation facilities
 Development of manpower resources
 Provision for safe water and food supply
 Increasing the literacy rate
 Reducing the levels of poverty

4. Types of health care agencies

5. Hospital agencies
– It may be private or government
– IP and OPservices
– Govt ,
• PHC
• CHC
• Rural hospital
• Taluk hospitals
• District hospitals
• Specialist hospital
• Teaching institutions

6. Day care centres
“Creche” -provided for the infants and children,
where parents are working

7. Health insurance schemes
E.S.I (Employees state insurance)
• Introduced in 1948
• Employees working under the scheme are
given,
– maternity benefits
–Medical care in cash and kind
–Benefits in case of employment injury
–Pension for dependents on death of worker
due to employment injury

8. Health insurance schemes
Central government health scheme (CGHS) 1954
• Covers employees of autonomous organizations
• Retired central government servants
• Widows receiving family pension
• MP’s
• Ex- governors and retired judges

9. Rehabilitation centres
• Assist the clients to restore their
• Nurses co-ordinate the client activities and
ensure that clients are complying with their
treatments
• Need specialized skills and knowledge

10. Home for aged
Nurses look after both physical and psychological needs
of the aged clients
Nursing homes, clinics and dispensaries:
• Treatments of minor ailments is carried out
Defense medical services
• Provides medical care to defense personnel
(Armed forces medical services)

12. Voluntary health agencies
These are organizations administered by autonomous
boards who conduct programmes to provide health
services, health education or relative activities for the
improvement of public health
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13. National voluntary agencies
» Indian Red Cross Society
» Hind Kusht Nivaran Sangh
» Bharath Sevak Samaj
» Indian Council For Child Welfare
– International agencies
» Rockfeller foundation
» CARE
» Ford foundation

14. Indigenous system of medicine
• Ayurvedha
• Siddha
• Unani
• Homeopathy