Title of article :
Community, equity, access: core geographic concepts in primary health care
Author/Authors :
Valorie A. Crooks، نويسنده , , Gavin J. Andrews، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
Pages :
4
From page :
270
To page :
273
Abstract :
While the use of appropriate technologies, an opposition to medical elitism, and achieving health for social development have been repeatedly cited as ideas important to both the Declaration of Alma-Ata and primary health care more generally, we believe that key geographic concepts are equally as foundational. More specifically, notions of ‘community’, ‘equity’, and ‘access’ are consistent definitional elements of primary health care across systems; each of these possesses inherently geographic components and, thus, to truly effectuate the most relevant primary health care research and practice, we must think geographically about them. Our objective in this short paper is to introduce readers to the geographic nature of primary health care and to encourage researchers and clinicians alike to engage with applying a ‘geographic lens’ to relevant enquiry and practice. To achieve this, we overview the geographic nature of community, equity, and access as these concepts relate to primary health care and also outline the fundamental geographic concepts of scale, space, and place.
Keywords :
ACCESS , Primary health care , geography , community , place , Equity
Journal title :
Primary Health Care Research and Development
Serial Year :
2009
Journal title :
Primary Health Care Research and Development
Record number :
665080
Link To Document :
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