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ArticleAmerican journal of public health2012

Training primary care physicians for local health authority duties in Texas.

James Mobley, Miguel A Zuniga

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Article in American journal of public health, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

James MobleySan Patricio County Department of Public Health, Sinton, TX, USA. jmobley@swbell.net
Miguel A Zuniga
Texas A&M Health Science Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Only one fourth of Texas counties have a local health authority (LHA) or health district. Primary care physicians in the remaining counties could be trained in public health basics by providing an online LHA training course and courses at annual meetings of the Texas Medical Association and the Texas Academy of Family Physicians. The Texas Department of State Health Services should develop a web portal for LHAs. The Texas Association of Local Health Officials should also provide automatic limited membership for LHAs. These initiatives would provide public health training to primary care physicians and would greatly improve availability of public health services for the citizens of Texas.

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Local GovernmentPublic HealthCertificationHumansPhysicians, Primary CarePhysician's RolePublic Health AdministrationRural Health ServicesTexasWorkforce

Identifiers

PMID22594741
PMCPMC3477993
OpenAlexW2091767735

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