title: The establishment of social worker participation in rural primary health care.
abstract: This paper analyses four attempts to establish programs involving social worker participation in rural primary health care agencies. Successful programs are likely to be those in which the host physicians have been involved in program design and have specifically invited participation by social workers. The successful solicitation of such invitations will require the development of multilevel advocacy programs and effective communication strategies.
mesh_terms: D000407:Alabama; D002140:California; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005194:Family Practice; D005380:Financing, Government; D006123:Group Practice; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D008923:Missouri; D009518:New York; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012423:Rural Health; D012947:Social Work