Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de santé publique
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Can J Public Health · Jan 1996
[Delivery of public health services. Proposal for a frame of reference].
This article proposes a framework for the delivery of public health services by the health care system. Considering the many factors associated with a population's health status and well-being, health care systems must provide public health services in addition to clinical preventive health care services. ⋯ The delivery of public health services is carried out, in partnership with groups and organizations, through the use of strategies that enable, advocate and educate. These strategies, taking place at the earliest possible moment in the natural history of problems, act as catalysts in the process of change towards health and well-being.