The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: COPC at the Crossroads: A Forum on the Past and Future of COPC Part I - Legacy and Vision: COPC's Conceptual Migration
3080.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Oral
COPC at the Crossroads: A Forum on the Past and Future of COPC Part I - Legacy and Vision: COPC's Conceptual Migration
Since its inception in rural, pre-apartheid South Africa, community oriented primary care (COPC) has intrigued and informed public health and primary care leaders worldwide. COPC has influenced programs as varied and as important as the community health center movement in the United States, the general practice movement in the United Kingdom, and recent reforms in the public health system of South Africa. This forum will be divided into two sessions. The first will be entitled Legacy and Vision: COPC's Conceptual Migration and will examine the role of COPC in health systems around the world and in the United States. It will pay particular attention to conceptual issues. The second will be entitled Bringing Technology Home: New Methods for COPC Practice and will explore new technolgies which are making the practice of COPC far more practical and effective than its earlier proponents might ever have imagined.
Learning Objectives: 1) To gain a full understanding of the history of COPC. 2) To learn the conceptual framework of COPC in its several manifestations in the US and abroad and to be able to provide a clear definition of COPC principles. 3) To understand some of the barriers to COPC implementation as well as the opportunities that exist for the use of COPC in evolving health systems in the US and globally. 4) To learn of the particular relevance of COPC to disadvantaged populations and clinical enterprises seeking to address disparities in health and health outcomes.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Moderator(s):Leon Epstein, MB, ChB, MPH
10:30 AMCOPC: The power of the past, the challenge of the future
Fitzhugh Mullan, MD
10:50 AMFrom pholela to mound bayou: The roots of the community health center movement
H. Jack Geiger, MD
11:10 AMCOPC in action: The Dallas story
Ron Anderson, MD
11:30 AMCOPC DIASPORA: The many global manifestations of COPC
Jaime Gofin, MD, MPH
Organized by:APHA
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA