Essays - ADMINISTRATION
1. What are the functions of a district health inspector?
In what specific areas does he relate to the district medical officer of health?
Answers:
A. FUNCTIONS OF THE DISTRICT HEALTH INSPECTOR:
a) Basic sanitary duties e.g. ensuring that the environmental hygiene is optimum as regards the streets, drains, public toilets, health education on maintenance of good personal and environmental hygiene.
b) Meat & food inspection - premortem and postmortem.
Before an animal is slaughtered, premortem inspection is done. A general physical examination is done. Is the animal generally well and standing on all 4 legs?
c) Port health duties;
d) Building inspection;
e) Vector control;
f) Surveys and research
(Measure High Blood Pressure and Stroke Volume)
B. AREAS THE DISTRICT HEALTH INSPECTOR IS RELATED TO THE DISTRICT
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH:
1. He can double up as the District Disease Control officer and be a member of the
DHMT or even as District Health Officer he can be a member of DHMT
2. In outbreak of diseases, he can be instrumental in abating it by closely working in conjunction with DHMT who may provide logistics in abating the epidemic
3. He may organize health talks on general sanitation relying on the DMOH to provide public Health staff to come and do that.
2. Discuss the relevant components or processes of health care administration at a district level.
Solution:
The relevant components or processes of health care administration at a district level include the following: (District assessment, general objectives, putting plan to action, evaluation, forward planning)
A. District assessment - location of where the district is now, recognizing the problems and the need for action. The problems INCLUDE health, healthcare, cost of health care and resources - (that is MANPOWER, MATERIALS, MONEY
+ TIME and INFORMATION [TIM3]); community characteristics.
The problems are tackled in the light of