Changing agendas and priorities of public health associations across the globe following in the era of COVID-19 pandemic—A mini-review

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the public health associations to a greater extent thus creating both opportunities and challenges for the public health associations across the world. Therefore, it is imperative to review the existing agendas, vision, mission, and objectives...

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Main Author: Badr Faleh Al-Khateeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
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Online Access:http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2020;volume=9;issue=8;spage=3838;epage=3842;aulast=Al-Khateeb
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description The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the public health associations to a greater extent thus creating both opportunities and challenges for the public health associations across the world. Therefore, it is imperative to review the existing agendas, vision, mission, and objectives of well-known public health associations across the globe and how COVID-19 might change these agendas in the future. We appraised the existing agendas, vision, mission, scope, objectives, and priorities of public health associations and highlighted how these agendas might change over time following this pandemic. Majority of these associations have changed their style of working, they have adapted and modified their strategies, list of priorities, modes, and means of communication, approaches for collaboration, ways of training and educating professionals, and to greater extent associations have also changed their way of researching with special focus on COVID-19. Public health associations have become prime bodies to spread true information to communities and also to take a leadership role in the research, training, and communication. Although public health associations need to revisit their vision, mission, and priorities by developing some strategies, these associations should not deviate from their goals of promoting wellbeing, preventing diseases and disability, and providing equitable health care to the masses mainly during COVID-19 pandemic. These transitions are relevant for primary care physicians as they can be involved in research in an area that is germane to both public health and clinical practice. They can also practice telemedicine and learn new modalities to provide necessary care to the patients.
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spelling doaj.art-f7fa0794e4e241d1b4c7cdb8e3c421c42022-12-22T01:15:41ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632020-01-01983838384210.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_887_20Changing agendas and priorities of public health associations across the globe following in the era of COVID-19 pandemic—A mini-reviewBadr Faleh Al-KhateebThe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the public health associations to a greater extent thus creating both opportunities and challenges for the public health associations across the world. Therefore, it is imperative to review the existing agendas, vision, mission, and objectives of well-known public health associations across the globe and how COVID-19 might change these agendas in the future. We appraised the existing agendas, vision, mission, scope, objectives, and priorities of public health associations and highlighted how these agendas might change over time following this pandemic. Majority of these associations have changed their style of working, they have adapted and modified their strategies, list of priorities, modes, and means of communication, approaches for collaboration, ways of training and educating professionals, and to greater extent associations have also changed their way of researching with special focus on COVID-19. Public health associations have become prime bodies to spread true information to communities and also to take a leadership role in the research, training, and communication. Although public health associations need to revisit their vision, mission, and priorities by developing some strategies, these associations should not deviate from their goals of promoting wellbeing, preventing diseases and disability, and providing equitable health care to the masses mainly during COVID-19 pandemic. These transitions are relevant for primary care physicians as they can be involved in research in an area that is germane to both public health and clinical practice. They can also practice telemedicine and learn new modalities to provide necessary care to the patients.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2020;volume=9;issue=8;spage=3838;epage=3842;aulast=Al-Khateebchanging agendascovid-19 pandemicpublic health associations
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Changing agendas and priorities of public health associations across the globe following in the era of COVID-19 pandemic—A mini-review
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
changing agendas
covid-19 pandemic
public health associations
title Changing agendas and priorities of public health associations across the globe following in the era of COVID-19 pandemic—A mini-review
title_full Changing agendas and priorities of public health associations across the globe following in the era of COVID-19 pandemic—A mini-review
title_fullStr Changing agendas and priorities of public health associations across the globe following in the era of COVID-19 pandemic—A mini-review
title_full_unstemmed Changing agendas and priorities of public health associations across the globe following in the era of COVID-19 pandemic—A mini-review
title_short Changing agendas and priorities of public health associations across the globe following in the era of COVID-19 pandemic—A mini-review
title_sort changing agendas and priorities of public health associations across the globe following in the era of covid 19 pandemic a mini review
topic changing agendas
covid-19 pandemic
public health associations
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