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The power of primary health care [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2020
When the Covid-19 pandemic began last winter, primary health care (PHC) in many countries faced entirely new challenges.
Jonsson, Jon Steinar, Sigurdsson, Emil Larus   +1 more
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Primary health and care [PDF]

Australian Journal of Primary Health, 2020
The author conveys his concerns about the centrality of primary health care in Australia Topics mentioned include revised instructions issued by the government to primary and community health workers, global health emergency for the 2019 novel coronavirus, and the International Conference on Primary Health Care on September 12 ...
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Public Health in Primary Care [PDF]

, 2012
“Primary health care’ is a political concept widely defined as ‘‘the mobilization of various forces in society (health professionals, institutions, lay people) around an agenda of transformation of health systems that is driven by the social values of equity, solidarity and participation’’; “primary care” instead refers more specifically to technical ...
Cegolon L, Mastrangelo G, Lange JH
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The breadth of primary care: a systematic literature review of its core dimensions [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Even though there is general agreement that primary care is the linchpin of effective health care delivery, to date no efforts have been made to systematically review the scientific evidence supporting this supposition.
A Aakvik, A Donabedian, A Green, A Hebrang, A Koppel, A Lee, A Wilson, A Xyrichis, Allen Hutchinson, B Hutchison, B Sibthorpe, B Starfield, B Starfield, BD Nelson, C Branson, C Goodman, C Van de Voorde, CC Ros, CJ Green, CJ Stille, CJ van Uden, DA Christakis, DC Lanier, Dionne S Kringos, DK McInnes, DS Kringos, DS Kringos, DY Hung, E Nolte, E Scrivens, EJ Halcomb, European Commission, F Amado, FG Schellevis, G Meads, G van Servellen, G Worrall, GH Pink, Health Council of the Netherlands, I Svab, J Gene-Badia, J Gene-Badia, J Gene-Badia, J Grytten, J Haggerty, J Macinko, J McDonald, J Shen, J van der Zee, JJ Kerssens, JL Chapman, JM Carmichael, JM De Maeseneer, JM De Maeseneer, Jouke van der Zee, JW Saultz, K Hanson, K Souliotis, L Shi, LSB Shi, M Ashworth, M Kuusela, M Marshall, M Rhydderch, M Sans-Corrales, MD Cabana, ML Parchman, MW Friedberg, MW Kroneman, OA Arah, P Bower, P Bower, P Crampton, PA Nutting, Peter P Groenewegen, PFM Verhaak, PH Parkerton, R Grol, R Leibowitz, R Levaggi, RA Atun, S Campbell, S Chlabicz, S Hollinghurst, S Naithani, S Peckham, S Simoens, S Wilhelmsson, SH Jee, SM Smith, T Doran, T Shield, T Stokes, VN Bhat, W Hogg, WGW Boerma, Wienke GW Boerma, World Health Organization, Y Eggli, Y Engels, Z Ansari, Z Ansari, Z Ansari   +102 more
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Increasing the Capacity of Primary Care Through Enabling Technology. [PDF]

, 2017
Primary care is the foundation of effective and high-quality health care. The role of primary care clinicians has expanded to encompass coordination of care across multiple providers and management of more patients with complex conditions.
Nesbitt, Thomas S, Young, Heather M
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Unique health care utilization patterns in a homeless population in Ghent [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Existing studies concerning the health care use of homeless people describe higher utilisation rates for hospital-based care and emergency care, and lower rates for primary care by homeless people compared to the general population.
Art, Bruno, De Maeseneer, Jan, Van de Walle, Mieke, VERDEE, TINE, Verlinde, Evelyn, Willems, Sara   +5 more
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Primary health care and nutrition

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2020
Globally, dietary factors are responsible for about one in five deaths. In many low- and middle-income countries different forms of malnutrition (including obesity and undernutrition) can co-exist within the same population. This double burden of malnutrition is placing a disproportional strain on health systems, slowing progress towards universal ...
Kraef, Christian, Wood, Benjamin, von Philipsborn, Peter, Singh, Sudhvir, Peterson, Stefan Swartling, Kallestrup, Per   +5 more
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Patients' and health professionals' views on primary care for people with serious mental illness : focus group study [PDF]

, 2005
Objective To explore the experience of providing and receiving primary care from the perspectives of primary care health professionals and patients with serious mental illness respectively.
Lester, Helen, Sorohan, Helen, Tritter, Jonathan Q.   +2 more
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The ORIGINS of Primary Health Care and SELECTIVE Primary Health Care [PDF]

American Journal of Public Health, 2004
I present a historical study of the role played by the World Health Organization and UNICEF in the emergence and diffusion of the concept of primary health care during the late 1970s and early 1980s. I have analyzed these organizations’ political context, their leaders, the methodologies and technologies associated with the primary health care ...
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Primary care groups - Modernising primary and community health services [PDF]

, 2001
Developing primary and community health services is a key component of the government's plans for modernising the NHS. Primary care groups and trusts have a vital part to play in overcoming the variability, fragmentation, and isolation that have ...
Dowswell, T., Leese, B., Wilkin, D.
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