Integrating Family Medicine, General Practice, and Epidemiology to Enhance Public Health Strategies

Abstract

One of the major strategies to improvement in public health is the integration of family medicine with general practice and epidemiology. Together, these disciplines form an excellent blend that offers a basis for improvement in disease prevention, promotion of health, and also efficiency in healthcare systems. First-line providers are the family medicine practitioners, which present a perfect opportunity for new trends in health and patient-centered care. Epidemiologists in their roles carry along information gathering and analytical capabilities identifying possible risk factors and gauging the effectiveness of interventions. This paper focuses on the benefits in consolidation of the fields and possible strategies which can be availed for promoting collaboration on optimization strategies for public health, in the main about chronic disease management, boost immunization rates, as well as handling social health determinants.