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Mission
The mission
of the National Center for Primary Care is
to promote excellence in community oriented
primary health care and optimal health outcomes
for all Americans, with a special focus on
underserved populations and on the elimination
of health disparities. |
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Purpose
The National Center for Primary Care is a
national resource for encouraging doctors
to pursue primary care careers, for making
primary care practice more effective, and
for supporting primary care professionals
serving in underserved areas. |
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Activities
The NCPC team
provides training for primary care practitioners,
conducts practice-based research to improve
health outcomes, creates protocols and tools
for improving primary care effectiveness,
and undertakes policy analyses focused on
how to make primary care more accessible and
more effective. |
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Access
to Care
Working to assure access for all Americans
to a culturally competent, affordable, accessible,
primary health care practitioner. |
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Quality
& Outcomes of Care
Helping front-line
primary care professionals to practice state-of-the-art
primary care, and to implement best-practice
models to achieve optimal health outcomes,
even in the most challenging settings and
across the full range of health conditions,
including mental health. |
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Health
Disparities
Working
to eliminate disparities in health care and
health outcomes, including disparities across
race, ethnicity, gender, income levels, and
the uninsured. |
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Healthy
Lifestyles
Working to
promote healthier lifestyles among individuals
and their communities, in order to decrease
suffering related to physical inactivity,
unhealthy eating (obesity and overweight),
and substance abuse (tobacco, alcohol, and
other drugs). |
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To Contact Us:
National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine
720 Westview Drive, SW - Atlanta, Georgia 30310
Phone: 404-756-5740 - FAX 404-756-5767 Email: ncpc@msm.edu |
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