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. 2020 Sep-Dec;44(5-6 Suppl 2):374-379.
doi: 10.19191/EP20.5-6.S2.140.

[Family Care Centres for health protection and promotion of individuals and communities: a reflection at the time of the Coronavirus]

[Article in Italian]
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[Family Care Centres for health protection and promotion of individuals and communities: a reflection at the time of the Coronavirus]

[Article in Italian]
Laura Lauria et al. Epidemiol Prev. 2020 Sep-Dec.
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Abstract

THE CONTEXT: among the community health services representing a resource to face the COVID-19 emergency, there are the Family Care Centres (FCCs). A national study coordinated by the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS) and funded by the Italian Ministry of Health, recently described their activities and needs, highlighting a large interregional variability in the number of centres and staff availability. Ante and post-natal care, cervical cancer screening and actions addressed at teenagers are the FCCs strategic activities. THE CF IN FRONT OF COVID-19: despite the need to limit the offer of care to the services that cannot be postponed during the lockdown, many FCCs have been exemplary in promptly reorganizing activities in the new context. The paper presents a selection of experiences carried out from March to June 2020 by some FCCs in different Italian Regions concerning FCCs strategic activities. CONCLUSIONS: the combined reading of some of the results of the ISS study and of the activities implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic offers a measure of the ability of the FCCs to respond to the needs of the community and to adapt to change. These services based on an innovative health model deserve enhancement and support.

Keywords: Family Care Centres; community health services; COVID-19.

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