TY - JOUR T1 - Primary health care provision in terms of community need in South Africa. A1 - Spencer,I W, PY - 1983/8/1/pubmed PY - 1983/8/1/medline PY - 1983/8/1/entrez KW - Africa KW - Africa South Of The Sahara KW - Delivery Of Health Care KW - Developing Countries KW - Education KW - English Speaking Africa KW - Epidemiologic Methods KW - Health KW - Health Personnel KW - Health Services KW - Health Services Administration KW - Management KW - Organization And Administration KW - Physicians KW - Primary Health Care KW - Research Methodology KW - South Africa KW - Southern Africa KW - Training Activities KW - Training Programs SP - 703 EP - 6 JF - Israel journal of medical sciences JO - Isr J Med Sci VL - 19 IS - 8 N2 - In South Africa, early lessons in primary health care were lost to sight and have been rediscovered only recently. Priorities need to be reassessed in order to better allocate resources to community needs. Developing and developed communities require different primary care services. Simple and effective epidemiological methods should be used to gather information required for planning and evaluation of services. In developing communities, where there is a shortage of doctors, trained nurses operate local clinics with the help of community workers. Community participation and the cooperation of the traditional healers are necessary. Appropriate training of personnel for an effective role in public health care is essential. SN - 0021-2180 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/6885359/Primary_health_care_provision_in_terms_of_community_need_in_South_Africa_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -