Integration of Primary Health Care and Public Health

Primary Care, Public Health, and Mental Health

Primary care providers (PCPs) can perform a central role in bridging mental health and public health. This role was recognized by the Mental Health/Mental Illness Expert Panel convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Adult and Community Health. PCPs, who form the backbone of the US health workforce, can serve a critical role in all stages of mental health deliver...

Integration of suicide prevention program into primary health care network: a field clinical trial in Iran

  Background: Suicide prevention is one of the priorities in policies of Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MHME). The suicide prevention program had two main parts of identifying and treatment of the depressed and suicide high risk individuals by Primary Health Care (PHC) network. The main aim of this study was to evaluate the results of integration of the program into PHC netwo...

Public health medicine and primary care.

Integrating public health and primary care.

PURPOSE Improved health and social outcomes would be possible with better coordination and collaboration between public health and primary care. The purpose of this study is to identify linkages between these health sectors with the aim of informing a forward-looking policy approach to integrate public health functions in primary care. METHODS We searched national and international journals a...

Primary health care and public policy.

The health problems of Ecuador are similar to those in other developing countries where the standard of living is low, and housing and sanitation are inadequate. Women, children, and those living in rural areas are those most severely affected. National policy has been to attempt to increase access to health care in rural areas through the construction of new facilities and the appointment of...