Roots, Shoots, but Too Little Fruit
Assessing the Contribution of Copc in South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11022358 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen M Tollman (The authors are with the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.), Stephen Tollman (0000-0003-0744-7588, University of the Witwatersrand), William M Pick (The authors are with the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1725-1728 |
| Publication date | 2002-11-01 |
| 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.92.11.1725 |
| PMID | 12406793 |
| OpenAlex | W2156431209 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 7 |
Community-oriented primary care (COPC) originated in South Africa during the 1940s and 1950s, where it served to inform local church-based and nongovernmental organization–based initiatives during the apartheid years. During the 1990s, COPC played an inspirational role in the process of national health policy formulation. Yet COPC’s contribution to current health practice remains more symbolic than substantive. Despite a policy framework that favors the widespread introduction of COPC, various political, structural, managerial, and human resource obstacles constrain its effective implementation. Notwithstanding a rapidly changing health care environment and well-established health transition from infections and nutritional disorders to non-communicable diseases and injury, COPC and its variants remain abidingly relevant to South Africa’s—and Africa’s—health care reality. (Am J Public Health. 2002;92:1725–1728)
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,54 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2023 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |