A Call for Action on Primary Care and Public Health Integration

Koo, Denise; Felix, Kaytura L.; Dankwa‐Mullan, Irene; Miller, Therese; Waalen, Jill

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2012.04.011

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“…Setting central command and control office to manage MERS or other communicable disease without competent personnel in the ground working together is putting the ''cart before the horse''. After long segregation and isolation between PHC and PH in the USA, calling for integration has become a hot topic recently (Koo et al 2012). The old fashion pyramid of levels of health services and segregation of services is outdated.…”

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A lesson learned from Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in Saudi Arabia

Shehri

2015

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Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) caused by novel Corona virus hit Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and resulted in hundreds of mortality and morbidity, fears and psychosocial stress among population, economic loss and major political change at Ministry of Health (MoH). Although MERS discovered two years ago, confusion still exists about its origin, nature, and consequences. In 2003, similar virus (SARS) hit Canada and resulted in a reform of Canada's public health system and creation of a Canadian Agency for Public Health, similar to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The idea of Saudi CDC is attractive and even ''sexy'' but it is not the best option. Experience and literature indicate that the best option for KSA is to revitalize national public health systems on the basis of comprehensive, continuing, and integrated primary health care (PHC) and public health (PH). This article proposes three initial, but essential, steps for such revitalization to take place: political will and support, integration of PHC and PH, and on-job professional programs for the workforce. In addition, current academic and training programs for PHC and PH should be revisited in the light of national vision and strategy that aim for high quality products that protect and promote healthy nation. Scientific associations, medical education research chair, and relevant academic bodies should be involved in the revitalization to ensure quality of process and outcomes.

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A lesson learned from Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in Saudi Arabia

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2015

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“…These representatives promote clinical prevention services and chronic disease management targeted by the health department. 26 …”

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“…25 Public health programs also aid preventive clinical practices and chronic disease management in medically underserved areas. 26 One example is the New York City Health Department program that sends trained health department representatives to primary care offices in medically underserved areas. These representatives promote clinical prevention services and chronic disease management targeted by the health department.…”

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“…Primary care may thus contribute to the surveillance and analysis of the population's health and health needs by acting as a sentinel system, through the provision of clinical knowledge and epidemiological data. 15,26,28 The benefits of greater interaction between public health and primary care could be an improvement in data quality, data interpretation, needs assessment and commissioning of appropriate services. 15 Finally, primary care has an important part to play in health advocacy and the development of collaborations among organizations in order to tackle important health problems.…”

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The Interaction of Public Health and Primary Care: Functional Roles and Organizational Models that Bridge Individual and Population Perspectives

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Introduction: Public health and primary care are often conceived as two entities providing complementary services within the health system. This scoping review aims to better understand how the two sectors interact by identifying their shared functions, and by identifying organizational models that could facilitate the interaction between the two domains. Methodology: We conducted a review of published literature using PubMed and CINAHL journal indices. Our search yielded 179 articles. We reviewed abstracts and retained 55 relevant articles. We developed an extraction grid, based on a conceptual framework of functions of public health and primary care, in order to evaluate the relevance of selected articles, classify the information according to their functional connection, and identify interactions between them. Results: Our search identified various activities through which public health can contribute to more effective primary care, and functions usually performed by primary care that seemed to support a population health approach. Most authors identified screening and immunization as actions that are carried out in primary

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“…8 The set of principles developed by the US Institute of Medicine as essential for successful integration of primary care and public health proposes a need for shared goals, community engagement, aligned leadership and shared infrastructure. 9 Through their clinical councils, community advisory committees and commissioning approach, PHNs provide, among other things, an important location in which these issues can be examined at the regional level.…”

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The new Australian Primary Health Networks: how will they integrate public health and primary care?

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Moore³

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On 1 July 2015, the Australian Government established 31 new Primary Health Networks (PHNs), following a review by its former Chief Medical Officer, John Horvath, of 61 Medicare Locals created under the previous Labor administration. The Horvath review recommended, among other things, that new, larger primary health organisations be established to reduce fragmentation of care by integrating and coordinating health services, supporting the role of general practice, and leveraging and administering health program funding.

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A Call for Action on Primary Care and Public Health Integration

Cited by 11 publications

References 25 publications

A lesson learned from Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in Saudi Arabia

A lesson learned from Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in Saudi Arabia

The Interaction of Public Health and Primary Care: Functional Roles and Organizational Models that Bridge Individual and Population Perspectives

The new Australian Primary Health Networks: how will they integrate public health and primary care?

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