Open AccessLack of National Primary Care Organization Partnerships With Community Groups to Promote Health Care Reform
Author(s) -
Anthony L. Schlaff
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.049718
Subject(s) - general partnership , work (physics) , variety (cybernetics) , politics , primary care , health care , business , public relations , health care reform , community organization , community health , health policy , nursing , economic growth , public administration , public health , political science , medicine , family medicine , economics , finance , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , computer science , law , engineering
Coalitions are necessary for successful political change. Few national primary care provider organizations partner with community, consumer, or labor organizations, and very few do so to promote policy on access to health care. Many of these provider organizations do work on health care access policy issues and do work in partnership with a variety of organizations, suggesting that community-provider partnerships may be a promising but overlooked strategy for promoting health care reform.