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There is growing evidence from developed and developing countries that community-based approaches are effective in improving the health of individuals and populations. This is especially true when the social determinants of health are considered in the design of the community-based approach. With an aging population and an emphasis on health promotion, the United States is increasingly focusing on community-based health and health care.
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There is growing evidence from developed and developing countries that community-based approaches are effective in improving the health of individuals and populations. This is especially true when the social determinants of health are considered in the design of the community-based approach. With an...
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There is growing evidence from developed and developing countries that community-based approaches are effective in improving the health of individuals and populations. This is especially true when the social determinants of health are considered in the design of the community-based approach. With an aging population and an emphasis on health promotion, the United States is increasingly focusing on community-based health and health care.
Preventing disease and promoting health calls for a holistic approach to health interventions that rely more heavily upon interprofessional collaborations. However, the financial and structural design of health professional education remains siloed and largely focused on academic health centers for training. Despite these challenges, there are good examples of interprofessional, community-based programs and curricula for educating health professionals. Some of these examples make use of new technologies in reaching rural communities for education; provide mechanisms for faculty development and curriculum delivery for health professions students training there; and/or based health professions in the communities of need in order to create the workforce required for those communities. This improves the workforce in remote areas (in both quality and quantity) where there may be few, if any, educated health providers. In this way, the needs of diverse communities are met by those who live in the community thereby improving health equity and decreasing disparities among typically underserved populations.
These issues will be examined in a 2 day public workshop that will be planned and organized by an ad hoc committee of the IOM. The committee will develop a workshop agenda, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. Following the workshop, an individually authored summary of the event will be prepared by a designated rapporteur.
Contributors
Committee
Warren Newton
Co-Chair
Susan C. Scrimshaw
Co-Chair
Virginia W. Adams
Member
Gillian Barclay
Member
Marietjie de Villiers
Member
Kathryn M. Kolasa
Member
Donna Meyer
Member
Stephen C. Shannon
Member
Sponsors
Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Aetna Foundation
American Academy of Nursing
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
American Board of Family Medicine
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
American College of Nurse-Midwives
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American Council of Academic Physical Therapy
American Dental Education Association
American Medical Association
American Nurses Credentialing Center
American Occupational Therapy Association
American Osteopathic Association
American Physical Therapy Association
American Psychological Association
American Society for Nutrition
American Speech-Language Hearing Association
Association of American Medical Colleges
Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges
Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry
Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)
Association of Schools of the Allied Health Professions
Athletic Training Strategic Alliance
Council on Social Work Education
Ghent University
Health Resources and Services Administration
Jonas Nursing and Veterans Healthcare
Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation
Michigan Center for Interprofessional Education
National Academies of Practice
National Association of Social Workers
National Board for Certified Counselors and Affiliates, Inc.
National Board of Medical Examiners
National Council of State Boards of Nursing
National League for Nursing
National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing
Society for Simulation in Healthcare
THEnet – Training for Health Equity Network
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
University of Toronto
Veterans Health Administration
Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar
Staff
Patricia Cuff
Lead
Major units and sub-units
Health and Medicine Division
Lead
Institute of Medicine
Lead
Board on Global Health
Lead