Through collaboration with organizations in the community; community health centers can benefit from the committed participation of local community leaders and also identify specific health needs of the community. Committed participation from community leaders will encourage the participations of members. It will enable better resolution of conflicts that may arise in the process. It helps build trust on the health centers and enables easy management. Certain risk factors for chronic diseases tend to cluster in a specific group of people. Community health centers can identify these risk factors and promote healthy behavior in the members. (Cashman, Flanagan, Silva, & Candib, 2012)
Health care reforms are implemented to promote collaboration between health care practitioner and achieve an integrated system that enables the efficient delivery of health care services to meet the health care needs. It helps connect the community health centers that function at a local level, to a larger system that looks into the overall wellbeing of people in the nation. The information shared by community health centers can be used to design measures and allocate resources that will benefit the community. Health reforms were established with the goal of increasing access, improving outcomes, lowering cost and improving the quality of care. It also helps to reduce diseases, so that the country can spend less on health care. These goals can be achieved only through collaborative efforts. The interdisciplinary and integrated approach also allows structuring and distribution of cases between primary care providers and community centers. Primary care centers are more concerned with preventive and curative health services, while community health services are equipped to treat critically ill patients. This will reduce the burden on community health centers and ensure effective use of resources. (Regmi, 2013)
References
Cashman, S., Flanagan, P., Silva, M., & Candib, L. (2012). Partnering for Health. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 18(3), 279-287. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/phh.0b013e3182294fe7
Regmi, K. (2013). Health Sector Reform-Decentralization: What would be the? Next Move? Primary Health Care, 03(02). http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2167-1079.s6-e001
