Bridging Primary Care Practices and Communities to Promote Healthy Behaviors
American Journal of Preventive MedicinePublished 13 October 2008
Rebecca Etz, Deborah J. Cohen, Steven H. Woolf, Jodi Summers Holtrop, Katrina E Donahue, Nicole Isaacson
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Creating linkages between primary care practices and community resources has the potential to benefit both patients and clinicians and to lessen the burden on the U.S. healthcare system resulting from poor health behaviors.
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Creating linkages between primary care practices and community resources has the potential to benefit both patients and clinicians and to lessen the burden on the U.S. healthcare system resulting from poor health behaviors. Infrastructure support and communication systems must be developed to foster sustainable linkages between practices and local resources.
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