Perspectives in Primary Care: Family Medicine in a Divided Nation

A nation divided.

Family medicine model in Turkey: a qualitative assessment from the perspectives of primary care workers

BACKGROUND A person-list-based family medicine model was introduced in Turkey during health care reforms. This study aimed to explore from primary care workers' perspectives whether this model could achieve the cardinal functions of primary care and have an integrative position in the health care system. METHODS Four groups of primary care workers were included in this exploratory-descriptive...

Erratum: Family medicine model in Turkey: a qualitative assessment from the perspectives of primary care workers

Erratum We acknowledge that in the published work [1], we presented some of the data that was previously published by the Turkish Medical Association as a report in Turkish language [2] and inadvertently failed to include this paper in the reference list. We would like to clarify that the Turkish Medical Association has allowed us to reuse the data, tables and figures presented in that reports ...

Reflections on Primary Health Care and Family Medicine in Botswana

Copyright: © 2014. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Primary Care should be the ‘central function and main focus of a country’s health system‘.1 The Ouagadougu Declaration similarly states that the vehicle for achieving the Millennium Development Goals and addressing the health of African nations is Primary Health Ca...

Strengthening Care Delivery in Primary Care Facilities: Perspectives of Facility Managers on the Immunization Program in Kenya

Background Primary healthcare facility managers (PHFMs) occupy a unique position in the primary healthcare system, as the only cadre combining frontline clinical activities with managerial responsibilities. Often serving as ‘street-level bureaucrats,’ their perspectives can provide contextually relevant information about interventions for strengthening primary healthcare delivery, yet suc...