Abstract

CALDERON-GOMEZ, Carlos  and  BETANCURTH-LOAIZA, Diana P.. Primary Health Care: a global view to orient ourselves locally. Rev. salud pública [online]. 2021, vol.23, n.5, pp.1-.  Epub May 15, 2022. ISSN 0124-0064.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rsap.v23n5.85333.

Health care in general and Primary Health Care in particular need to be thought and developed in response to changing health and social realities. These realities, complex and diverse depending on the particularities of each country and the evolution of their health services, present at the same time certain common challenges to which we should also respond in a shared way.

The present work is an open reflection about the basic characteristics of Primary Health Care from an international perspective, elaborated and shared in the II Symposium of Social Primary Care organized by the University of Caldas in November 2019. Using the metaphor of the sea crossing, the main attributes and constraints of Primary Health Care are restored as a navigation chart and the references of a possible compass are suggested, which could serve us for the sake of threats and jointly advance towards a quality, public Primary Health Care at the health service of our new populations.

Keywords : Primary Health Care; public health; social capital; social justice; commu-nity health (source: MeSH, NLM).

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