scope:

This APHA bestseller offers a complete set of community-oriented primary care skills for health professionals who need to access these skills quickly and learn the basics in a brief amount of time. It provides a broad view of experiences and processes faced by health professionals and community leaders in addressing a series of health problems for their defined populations. Chapters include an Introduction to Community-Oriented Primary Care, Building a Community-Oriented Primary Care Team, Leadership and Management, Techniques for Developing a Community Partnership, Defining and Characterizing Community Denominators and more.