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15181557

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-7
pubmed:abstractText
Community definition is an important aspect of community health work in general and community-oriented primary care (COPC) in particular. Yet, community definitions are often nonspecific, relying on geopolitical boundaries or local presumptions about patient populations. Such definitions are an impediment to the precise application of sociodemographic or health status data to community health problems or to targeted community organizing. This paper describes a technique called "geographic retrofitting" that has proved useful in establishing a rigorous definition of a practice's community based on current patterns of health care by the community. It also demonstrates how this approach, used in conjunction with geographic information systems software, facilitates more-powerful capabilities in community characterization and intervention.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0742-3225
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
440-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Geographic retrofitting: a method of community definition in community-oriented primary care practices.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Prevention and Community Health, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. fmullan@projecthope.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article