ENABLING SELF CARE

Enabling Road Map
Self care primer 2
You also require an ability to interpret and recognize symptoms.
Knowledge of the systems of the body, will enable you to recognize
System Specific Symptoms.

Symptoms Recognition
The systems, of the body machine can slow down,
-send system specific symptoms
-most causes related to lifestyle change, diet and alcohol intake.
-You recognize and react.

Symptoms of health
-You sleep well
-You are hungry when you wake up
-You recall your planned activities for the day
-Your pulse & breathing are silent & easy
-You have no pain
-You have energy for work and play
-You are motivated to start you’re activities.

Simple Aliments and remedies
Include information on simple prevalent ailments, and their remedies, from abscess to wasp bite

Chronic disorders
Information on hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, asthma, arthritis, and other prevalent disease
-early recognition
-seek help
-participate in long term self care
-when to revert to clinic care indicators

HCS Structure and Services
-Structure map
-Where you connect
-How you connect

Primer access
Information assembled in the self care primer be widely disseminated to the profession and public for practice and feed back
Primer on self care available
-To medical students
-On electronic media
-In local languages
-In primary care centers
-In out patients clinics

NOTES
Roger Jones
Self Care importance for health services BMJ 2000 320 596

Swartz & Dick
Managing chronic diseases in developing countries BMJ
2002 325 914

Wagner .E
Care for chronic diseaseBMJ 2003 325 913

Norris.S
Self management education Diabetes Care2002 25 1159

Jarsma.T et al
Effect of education on Self Care
European Heart Journal1999 20(9)673

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