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ArticlePreventive medicine2020

Integration of the preventive medicine specialty in the rural and Tribal public health workforce.

Paul Jung, Donald K Warne

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Article in Preventive medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Paul JungHealth Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD, United States of America. Electronic address: pjung@hrsa.gov.
Donald K WarneUniversity of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND, United States of America.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The majority of the U.S. American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) population live in rural areas, and are thus disproportionately affected by rural health issues. In addition, the AI/AN population has unique health characteristics resulting from a distinct cultural and sociopolitical history. A public health approach to both rural and Tribal health should include the medical specialty of preventive medicine, a unique physician specialty that combines both direct patient care and public health skills. To best prepare preventive medicine physicians for rural and Tribal practice, medical schools could recruit students from rural and Tribal areas and encourage them to pursue the specialty of preventive medicine. Additionally, preventive medicine residency training programs could establish clinical and public health practicum rotations in rural and Tribal areas, and develop curricula that address rural and Tribal health issues. Currently very few preventive medicine residency programs expressly state a mission to train physicians in rural or Tribal settings.

Indexed as

American Indian or Alaska NativeHealth WorkforcePreventive MedicineHumansRural PopulationAlaska nativeAmerican IndianHealth disparitiesPhysiciansPopulation healthPreventive medicinePublic healthRuralTribalWorkforce

Identifiers

PMID32598979
PMCPMC7318949

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