Strategy “Health at your Home”: Redefining Primary Health Care in the rural Municipality of Curarrehue, Chile

Authors

  • Hugo Vásquez V. Magíster en Salud Pública Comunitaria y Desarrollo Local. Universidad de la Frontera. Encargado de la Subdirección de Promoción y Desarrollo del Departamento de Salud de Curarrehue

Keywords:

primary health care, equity in health, intersectorial action, community participation, health promotion

Abstract

Since 2010, Curarrehue, a small town in the south of Chile, is driving an strategy called “Health at Home” in order to return to the comprehensive model of Primary Health Care. This is a tool aimed at local development through transdisciplinary work, intersectorial action, community work and increased social capital. Its axis has been health promotion and prevention based on addressing the social determinants of health. The process that has been driven by the local health team of Curarrehue in the task of reorienting the Primary Health Care in view of the social determinants of health, is here presented.

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Published

2012-06-26

How to Cite

Vásquez V., H. . (2012). Strategy “Health at your Home”: Redefining Primary Health Care in the rural Municipality of Curarrehue, Chile. Cuadernos Médico Sociales, 52(2), 11–26. Retrieved from https://cuadernosms.cl/index.php/cms/article/view/463

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 2 (2012): Cuadernos Médico Sociales

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