Led by three women from Florida State University’s Medical School and College of Information, a forum was held recently to raise issues which effect community health and to discuss ways to handle them. After a lively discussion involving much audience participation from citizens of a variety of neighboring counties, severl issues came to the head of the discussion. While access to primary care continues to be a problem, it was also found that this did not always mean a lack of physicians. For many elderly and housebound residents, simply getting to the doctor was the biggest challenge. Transportation emerged as a key roadblock to accessing care, and will need to be addressed. Other issues involved the high price of health insurance, made more clear in the case of a nursing student unable to afford her own health insurance. Also a problem was the lack of mental health care, language barriers, lack of education, and an overall deficit in the quality and availability of children’s health care.  Do you think forums such as these are an important first step in improving problems with health care in the community?

1. tRilDFoeletop Says:
   May 29th, 2009 at 7:59 am

   Hi,

   I am new to this forum and want to introduce myself

   

2. Florida Forum Addresses Health Care Concerns | Florida Health … | Gear 4 Elderly Says:
   August 20th, 2009 at 2:19 pm

   [...] A nice web master added an interesting post today on Florida Forum Addresses Health Care Concerns | Florida Health …Here’s a small reading [...]