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- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Copyright
- Copyright 1998 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
- ISSN
- 1063-3987
- eISSN
- 1063-3987
- DOI
- 10-1001/pubs.Arch Fam Med.-ISSN-1063-3987-7-4-fed8004
- Publisher site
Abstract
EDITORIAL Can We Change Physicians’ Practices in the Delivery of Cancer-Preventive Services? HE HEALTHY People 2000 overall goals were was at least 40% of people aged 50 years and older get- to increase the span of healthy life for ting an oral examination in the past year. As of 1994, the Americans, to reduce health disparities national data suggested we were making substantial among Americans, and to achieve access progress toward achieving these goals. T to preventive services for all Americans. Your delivery of preventive services to your pa- Part of the responsibility to achieve these goals falls on tients is inadequate and unacceptable! You need to physicians and their practices. In this issue, there are 3 change! 2-4 studies investigating various interventions to im- In contrast, the studies in this issue suggest we are prove the delivery of preventive services in practices not making substantial progress to reaching the goals for among a variety of community settings. All of these stud- 2000. The percentages of women in these studies hav- ies were initiated in response to the Healthy People 2000 ing received screening tests for breast or cervical cancer goals under the support of the National Cancer Insti-
Journal
Archives of Family Medicine – American Medical Association
Published: Jul 1, 1998