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Forging Community Health Partnerships

Edward L. Baker, MD, MPH; Robert J. Melton, MD, MPH; Paul V. Stange, MPH; Mimi L. Fields, MD, MPH; Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD, MPH; Fernando A. Guerra, MD, MPH; David Satcher, MD, PhD

JAMA. 1994;272(16):1276-1282.

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REGARDLESS of the direction or timing of the reform of the health care financing system, the nation's health status may not substantially improve without simultaneous reform of the public health system. Reducing administrative complexity and redundancy and, most important, assuring that all US citizens have access to quality medical care will do little to influence the true determinants of ill health: unsafe environments, unhealthy personal behaviors, and biologic, genetic, and socioeconomic factors.^1-3 These determinants account for more than 1 million deaths per year and untold levels of preventable morbidity and expensive (avoidable) health care in the United States.⁴ Thus, the concept of health system reform should not be restricted primarily to medical care; it should also encompass strengthening the practice of public health and stimulating new systems of integration among all organizations within a community whose missions have an impact on the health of the public, many of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Public Health Practice Program Office (Dr Baker) and Office of the Director (Dr Satcher), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga; Department of Health, Monterey County, Salinas, Calif (Dr Melton); Association of Schools of Public Health, Atlanta, Ga (Mr Stange); Department of Health, State of Washington, Olympia (Dr Fields); The Prudential Center for Health Care Research, Atlanta, Ga (Dr Koplan); and the Metropolitan Health District, San Antonio, Tex (Dr Guerra).

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Public Health Practice Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Mailstop E20, Atlanta, GA 30333 (Dr Baker).

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