title: Community-based partnerships for improving chronic disease management.
abstract: With the growing burden of chronic disease, the medical and public health communities are re-examining their roles and opportunities for more effective prevention and clinical interventions. The potential to significantly improve chronic disease prevention and have an impact on morbidity and mortality from chronic conditions is enhanced by adopting strategies that incorporate a social ecology perspective, realigning the patient-physician relationship, integrating population health perspectives into the Chronic Care Model, and effectively engaging communities using established principles of community engagement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, 1015 Walnut, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. james.plumb@jefferson.edu
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Plumb
authors.forename: Lara Carson
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Weinstein
authors.forename: Rickie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brawer
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009752:Nutritional Status