What do you know about community medicine specialists? their role?
Community Medicine specialist has a vast role . To Mention a few:
1.Prevention of potential outbreak of food and water borne disease( Water surveillance and hygiene and sanitation check)
2. Vector borne disease prevention( Health education, Antilarval , Anti adult measures)
3. Prevention of communicable diseases like Chicken pox, measles ( Quarantine and Isolation)
4. Monitoring and supervision of BMW and Immunization in health care settings of area
5. Surveillance of notifiable diseases and maintaining morbidity data of community
6. Health education of community in healthy lifestyle diseases etc.
7. Screening of important preventable diseases
8. Planning a health program/ event in the community
9.Research
10. Teaching and Health workshop
Community medicine may be defined as: "The art and science of the application of technical knowledge and skills to the delivery of healthcare to a given community, designed in collaboration with related professions as well as human and social sciences on the one hand and community on the other."
- In-depth understanding of the determinants of health and diseases
- Identification of health issues affecting communities
- Implementation of programs and policies to address healthcare issues affecting community health
- Developing and maintaining relationships with community organizations and groups to promote health initiatives
- Planning, implementation, and assessment of public health and healthcare service programs
- Conducting research, analysis, and interpretation of data related to community health issues
- Providing leadership and guidance to healthcare professionals and community health workers in the development and implementation of public health and healthcare service programs.
Dear Taqi,
You asked a very good question. I assumed you already have had knowledge on community medicine and public health and i also assumed you read a lot that is why in one point you lost for its similarity. I appreciate your enthusiasms.
In one line the answer is "community medicine is inbuilt in public health and public health cannot be excludes from community medicine".
Now, break this line, first part said about community participation, acceptance, practices so on that is why it’s inbuilt in public health.
Second part said more, because problem identification, priority selection, explore solutions, develop policy, plan, strategy, implementation, evaluation and furthers movement done by public health irrespective of everything (disease, mental health, accident, suicide, response to disaster etc).
Hope you found your desire search.
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They play a crucial role in promoting and protecting the health of communities through a population-based approach
I think there are many roles as a community medicine expert, and my main research direction is community nursing and community management of chronic diseases.
Based on my experience, I would say that public health and community medicine is a field that focuses largely on the social determinants of health. This gives us an understanding that health is never isolated to an individual, but is an interplay of complex societal factors, ranging from relationships to politics and climate change. It wrestles with the question of how to execute healthcare delivery using the most effective means to the community. It is a field of paramount importance, and there is an ever growing need of intuitive and creative minds in the field of public health and community medicine.
If a disease or illness is beyond the scope of practice of the primary care physician (PCP), the patient is referred to a highly skilled specialist in specific areas of medicine.