Family medicine: Global health in practice

作     者：Masahiro J.Morikawa 

作者机构：Case Western Reserve University11100 Euclid AvenueClevelandOH 44106-5036USA 

出 版 物：《Family Medicine and Community Health》 (家庭医学与社区卫生（英文）)

年 卷 期：2015年第3卷第3期

页      面：37-40页

学科分类：02[经济学] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 

主　　题：Family medicine primary care global health 

摘      要：For nearly 40 years,family medicine has been providing guiding principles in major global health programs.This article has two aims:(1)to review past major global health campaigns with a specific focus on the roles of family medicine to illustrate its relevance in global health,and(2)to address practical approaches to attain health,which nurture sustainability of local health resources and resilience of the community.Regardless of the differences in the goals of past global health campaigns,three key approaches have emerged as essential interventions in the field based on family medicine principles,the so-called six Cs.The key approaches are(1)to protect families,(2)to train health care providers,and(3)to empower people.Family medicine continues to be a powerful tool to improve people’s health in our own communities and in global health practice.