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Well here in an encouraging word from a physician:

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  אני מסכים שעבודת בריאות הציבור חייבת להיעשות תוך שיתוף חברי ומנהיגי הקהילה כפי שהדגמת בעבודתך הברוכה. חשוב שסיפורך ישמע, בעיקר בשירותי בריאות הציבור במשרד הבריאות.. חג שמח He wrote this to me in response to the following: Dear Dr ____ I forward this to you as an clinician in the field of public health, I wish to share my observations on the decreasing availability of vaccines in my two decades of working as a school nurse, in the Shomron, there is a great need for wider vaccine availability, I enclose my resume and letters of recommendation for context.   We cannot wonder at outbreaks of diseases to which there are vaccines given the state of the degradation of public health services in Israel in recent decades. איננו יכולים להתעלם מההידרדרות בשירותי בריאות הציבור בישראל בעודנו תוהים על התפרצות חצבת. מבקשת התעניינותכם בסיפור שלי כאחות בריאות הציבור, תודה הנה נקודות חשובות מהמכתב המצורף: החשיבות של זמינות של חיסונים של גיל בית ספר גם המרפאות, במיוחד חיסון HPV חשיבות ...

Reflections on Community Health Nursing in Shomron (2002-2023)

    Reflections on Community Health Nursing in Shomron (2002-2023) Introduction The following are insights into the role of culturally competent care, trust-building, personal contact, and evidence-based practice in public health , a crucial message in light of recent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in Israel. Throughout my tenure as a community health nurse in Shomron from 2002 to 2023 , I observed the importance of trust-building on a local level,  and the damage that a paternalistic management style does to healthcare delivery.  The Role of Trust and Culturally Competent Care in Public Health Imanuel is a largely haredi  (ultra-orthodox) community, founded in the late 1980's. It is unique in that it has never experienced an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable contagious illness. This success, I believe, was largely due to proactive community engagement, a crucial element in effective public health practice (Schim et al., 2007). The school nurse who pr...