Public health initiatives in South Africa in the 1940s and 1950s
Lessons for a post-apartheid era
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11023614 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Derek Yach (0000-0001-5667-6446, South African Medical Research Council), Stephen Tollman (0000-0003-0744-7588), S M Tollman |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1043-1050 |
| Publication date | 1993-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.83.7.1043 |
| PMID | 8328604 |
| OpenAlex | W1997807881 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 13 |
Inspiration drawn from South African public health initiatives in the 1940s played an important role in the development of the network of community and migrant health centers in the United States. The first such center at Pholela in Natal emphasized the need for a comprehensive (preventive and curative) service that based its practices on empirical data derived from epidemiological and anthropological research. In addition, community consultation preceded the introduction of new service or research initiatives. The Institute of Family and Community Health in Durban pioneered community-based multidisciplinary training and developed Pholela and other sites as centers for service, teaching, and research. Several important lessons for South African health professionals emerge from the Pholela experience. First, public health models of the past need to be reintroduced locally; second, the training of public health professionals needs to be upgraded and reoriented; third, appropriate research programs need to respond to community needs and address service demands; fourth, community involvement strategies need to be implemented early on; and fifth, funding sources for innovation in health service provision should be sought
Business · Community health · Economic growth · Multidisciplinary approach · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Service (business) · Medicine · Nursing · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Public Health Policies and Education · School Health and Nursing Education
The Return of the Pholela Experiment
South Africa revisited
Critical orientations for humanising health sciences education in South Africa
Beyond the male-migrant
Sociology and the ‘New Public Health’ in South Africa
A Medical Education with a Difference
From Friendly Society to Compulsory Medical Aid Association
Community-oriented primary care
The role of city and state agencies in injury prevention
South Africa's early experiment in social medicine
Palliatives Will No Longer Do”
Community-Oriented Primary Care
A computerized network of general practices in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The validity of self-reported height and weight is questioned
Commentary
Roots, Shoots, but Too Little Fruit
Promoting the potential of community-oriented primary care
Zhang Responds
Clinics, Communities, and Cost Recovery
Health psychology' or 'psychology for health'? A history of psychologists' engagement with health in South Africa
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,61 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2018 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |