Do Medical Professionalism and Medical Education Involve Commitments to Political Advocacy?

Kuo, Alice; Arcilla, Lisa; Castro, Adrián Solano; Chen, Leian; Edison, Bianca; Huang, John; Mitha, Kiran; Orkin, Melissa; Tejani, Zarin; Tu, Diana; Yeh, Joanna; Watt, Mridula; Wells, Lindsay; Coller, Ryan J.; Guerrero, Alma D.; Slusser, Wendy

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“…The increasing interest in the social determinants of health and disease, however, suggests that a new generation of physicians will commit themselves to responding to health problems at the community level (Halliday 2011;Kuo et al 2011;Sud et al 2011). Reminder systems (Hulscher et al 1999) and information databases of community-based services and programs (Kreffter et al 2019) could assist physicians in finding appropriate programs.…”

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Doctors as disseminators? Practicing physicians as multipliers for community-based prevention networks in a large city in western Germany

Kreffter

Götz

Lisak-Wahl

et al. 2021

J Public Health (Berl.)

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Aim Practicing physicians have a special position as disseminators of community-based prevention for children. However, it is unclear to what extent physicians inform parents about programs. The study investigated: To what extent do physicians disseminate information about community-based prevention for children aged 0–7? Do differences exist along family’s socioeconomic position (SEP) and immigrant background? Subject and methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study in a German school entrance examination. Parents were invited to participate in a survey on community-based prevention with information about their awareness and information source. SEP was measured by parental education, immigrant background by country of birth. For nine services types, we counted how often parents named physicians and other professional groups as information sources. To estimate social differences, we calculated adjusted odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI). Results Survey participants included 6480 parents (response 65.49%). Compared to other information sources, physicians were mentioned less frequently. For example, regarding language therapy, 31.2% of parents were informed by healthcare/social services, and 4.4% by physicians. Lower educated parents were less frequently informed by physicians about counseling services (OR 0.58; 95% CI 0.46–0.73) compared to higher educated parents. Parents with immigrant background were informed less often about parenting skills courses (OR 0.79; 95% CI 0.70–0.90) compared to parents without immigrant background, but more often about language therapy (OR 1.47; 95% CI 1.13–1.91). No further social differences were observed. Conclusion The role of physicians as disseminators for community-based prevention is expandable. They should promote parenting skills courses in a socially sensitive way.

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Doctors as disseminators? Practicing physicians as multipliers for community-based prevention networks in a large city in western Germany

Kreffter

Götz

Lisak-Wahl

et al. 2021

J Public Health (Berl.)

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“…However, physicians have a detailed understanding of health outcomes as well as public trust and credibility that may uniquely position us to serve as advocates for public health. There has been lively debate on the topic of advocacy and the practice of medicine [8,10]. Is physician advocacy a professional obligation?…”

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CORR Insights®: Social Determinants of Health and Patients With Traumatic Injuries: Is There a Relationship Between Social Health and Orthopaedic Trauma?

Terle

2023

Clin Orthop Relat Res

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Cancer advocacy in residency education: From principles to competencies

Puschel,

Thompson,

Rioseco

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Journal of Cancer Policy

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Do Medical Professionalism and Medical Education Involve Commitments to Political Advocacy?

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Doctors as disseminators? Practicing physicians as multipliers for community-based prevention networks in a large city in western Germany

Doctors as disseminators? Practicing physicians as multipliers for community-based prevention networks in a large city in western Germany

CORR Insights®: Social Determinants of Health and Patients With Traumatic Injuries: Is There a Relationship Between Social Health and Orthopaedic Trauma?

Cancer advocacy in residency education: From principles to competencies

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