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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
3080.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| Since its inception in rural, pre-apartheid South Africa, community oriented primary care (COPC) has intrigued and informed public health and primary care leaders worldwide. COPC has influenced programs as varied and as important as the community health center movement in the United States, the general practice movement in the United Kingdom, and recent reforms in the public health system of South Africa. This forum will be divided into two sessions. The first will be entitled Legacy and Vision: COPC's Conceptual Migration and will examine the role of COPC in health systems around the world and in the United States. It will pay particular attention to conceptual issues. The second will be entitled Bringing Technology Home: New Methods for COPC Practice and will explore new technolgies which are making the practice of COPC far more practical and effective than its earlier proponents might ever have imagined. | |||
| Learning Objectives: 1) To gain a full understanding of the history of COPC. 2) To learn the conceptual framework of COPC in its several manifestations in the US and abroad and to be able to provide a clear definition of COPC principles. 3) To understand some of the barriers to COPC implementation as well as the opportunities that exist for the use of COPC in evolving health systems in the US and globally. 4) To learn of the particular relevance of COPC to disadvantaged populations and clinical enterprises seeking to address disparities in health and health outcomes. | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Leon Epstein, MB, ChB, MPH | |||
| COPC: The power of the past, the challenge of the future Fitzhugh Mullan, MD | |||
| From pholela to mound bayou: The roots of the community health center movement H. Jack Geiger, MD | |||
| COPC in action: The Dallas story Ron Anderson, MD | |||
| COPC DIASPORA: The many global manifestations of COPC Jaime Gofin, MD, MPH | |||
| Organized by: | APHA | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | ||