| FRIENDS FOR HEALTH IN HAITI Public Health Corner |
Periodically in our newsletters, we include a special section called "Public Health Corner" with information especially
geared to those who are interested in public health and community development. This section of our website is a
compilation of the "Public Health Corner" articles written thus far.
Summer 2009 Our overarching goal at Friends for Health in Haiti is to improve the health and change the lives and hearts of the
people of Haiti. We desire to do this by providing integrated health care to patients of all ages, in a nurturing, Christian environment.
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Spring 2008 Medical personnel sometimes wonder what is the difference between medicine and public health? Or, as I like
to phrase the question, what is the difference between the medical model of care and the public health model? Read More
December 2007 You will notice that we write quite often about the goal of providing primary health care to the people in the area
surrounding our clinic site in Gatineau. Read More
October 2007 When we think of public health, we think or populations of people, whether in a village, city, country, continent or the
world. In fact, the motto of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where I recently received my Master of Public Health
degree, is “Saving lives, millions at a time”. Read More
March 2007 One of the things that is very important to us in terms of the sustainability of our work here in Haiti has to do with
community participation. When the local community participates in the development of a project...Read More
October 2006 One of the things that is very important to the success and long-term sustainability of this project is community
involvement. Read More
geared to those who are interested in public health and community development. This section of our website is a
compilation of the "Public Health Corner" articles written thus far.
Summer 2009 Our overarching goal at Friends for Health in Haiti is to improve the health and change the lives and hearts of the
people of Haiti. We desire to do this by providing integrated health care to patients of all ages, in a nurturing, Christian environment.
Read More
Spring 2008 Medical personnel sometimes wonder what is the difference between medicine and public health? Or, as I like
to phrase the question, what is the difference between the medical model of care and the public health model? Read More
December 2007 You will notice that we write quite often about the goal of providing primary health care to the people in the area
surrounding our clinic site in Gatineau. Read More
October 2007 When we think of public health, we think or populations of people, whether in a village, city, country, continent or the
world. In fact, the motto of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where I recently received my Master of Public Health
degree, is “Saving lives, millions at a time”. Read More
March 2007 One of the things that is very important to us in terms of the sustainability of our work here in Haiti has to do with
community participation. When the local community participates in the development of a project...Read More
October 2006 One of the things that is very important to the success and long-term sustainability of this project is community
involvement. Read More
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