BOX 1—

Opportunities for Public Health–Primary Care Integration

•Improve treatment and management of chronic complex medical and psychosocial conditions •Improve effectiveness of dissemination and prevention and health promotion •Increase primary care capacity to influence public health goals •Bring larger focus to health of a community through connected healing and trusted relationships •Reach families that do not have primary care through diverse integrated teams •Meet people where they live and work, including settings such as schools and day care, senior citizen settings, places of worship, barber shops, salons, and libraries

Source. Based on data from National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.¹