Community Oriented Primary Care A Practical Assessment, Vol. 1: Report of a Study (1984) / Chapter Skim
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According to ~em, ~community~oriented primary care (COPC) is a strategy whereby elements of primary health care and of community medicine are systematically developed and brought together in a coordinated practice.
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to critically assess ache resulting cats base in relation to various population groups, and in relation to ~ variety of existing and projected organizational, administrative and financing contexts 3) where evidence warrants it, to make recommendations about pr for ities in areas of education, practice, research, and public policy.
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Finally, during the 1970s, the concept of priory care gained prom eminence and acceptance as an anchor against the subspecialty drift of the major medical disciplines. Not only was family practice included in the concept of primary care, but also general internal medicine and general pediatrics and some elements of psychiatry and obstetrics and gynecology were included.
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Like its predecessor, the OEO Neighborhood Health Center program, the community health center program tends to emphasize accessibility of primary care services and community involvement rather than the routine application of quantitative techniques for identifying community health problems. Many practice associations and health maintenance organizations have responded to the need for accessible pr imary care and to a growing consumer interest in disease prevention and health promotion.
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elements of community orientation, de~graphic study, epidemiologic investigation, personal medical services, environmental intervention, community organization, and health education be performed by the flame practice or ted, or at least by a ~11 number cuff Practices and health agencies working as ~ single system (not ~ ~ _ ~ just 'coordinated".. Mullan characterizes COEC as the reunion of the traditions of public health Ad personal clinical health services {Mullen, 1982~.
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Is community orientation a sensitivity to the community's mores or is it knowledge of the community based on data, or both? Does primary care include only medical services?
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These were present throughout this study and contr ibuted to the committee ' ~ inabil ity to draw def inite conclusions about the impact of COPC. There are, however, acme suggestions of improved health related to COPC activities reported in the seven case studies in Volume II.
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Pp. 21-59 in Community Oriented Primary Care-New Directions for Bealth Services.
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1968 . Background , context , and signif icant issues in neighborhood health center programs.
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Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly 50:17-40. White, R.L.
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