Georgia Health Care Providers’ Experiences With Community Public Health Clients

Community health and human services workers play an integral role in communal public health. They are especially to meeting the needs of patients who often on margins society. While we conduct research from perspective end-user – patient or client do not hear voices professionals with same regularity. The purpose this study is examine healthcare community providers two Georgia counties. Through case study, utilizing qualitative data garnered through three focus groups local department’s employees affiliated as part their quintennial Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), call attention several individual systemic issues have identified worthy concern. These include seeking information behaviors clients, well insurance access for improved physical, mental, sexual Systemically, identify challenges status, stigma, consumer perceptions quality care certain segments population receive how provider bias can impede wellbeing. Although CHNA collection took place prior COVID-19 pandemic, our examination during height pandemic. As such, paper, also provide practical implications future directions endured pandemic sought meet patients’ unprecedented circumstances.