Strengthening Coordination Between Public Health and Healthcare-Module 5: Society Spotlight

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The document highlights seven specialty society examples of how medical societies are integrating public health into their education and communication efforts, offering models others can adapt.

Key examples include:
- <strong>ACOG</strong>: A standing immunization, infectious disease, and public health preparedness program, showing that public health works best as a permanent organizational commitment rather than a one-time project.
- <strong>APA</strong>: A dedicated “Social Determinants of Mental Health” web section organized by concrete domains like housing, food security, and healthcare access, supported by a caucus and CME-linked convening outputs.
- <strong>ACC</strong>: A “Ten Points to Remember” article series that delivers brief, actionable summaries of public health-related clinical issues for busy providers.
- <strong>AAP</strong>: A short video on vaccine hesitancy, demonstrating that concise, shareable educational content can address common communication challenges effectively.
- <strong>AAFP</strong>: A patient care hub that integrates public health resources into its core clinical infrastructure, combining guidelines, tools, infographics, and referral resources.
- <strong>IDSA</strong>: A recurring blog that quickly communicates on infectious disease, policy, and public health topics without needing CME infrastructure.
- <strong>CAP</strong>: A preparedness exercise program and outbreak response communications that show even non-patient-facing specialties can make important public health contributions.

Across all examples, the common themes are:
- public health is treated as part of the society’s mission,
- content is concise and clinically relevant,
- formats fit members’ limited time,
- and population-level issues are connected to everyday practice.

The toolkit encourages societies to start small, use existing structures, and build public health into ongoing programs, communications, and education.

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How Specialty Societies Are Incorporating Public Health

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Module 5 of CMSS's Strengthening Coordination Between Public Health and Healthcare Toolkit. This module showcases existing examples of developed materials by societies and their interaction with public health.

Keywords

public health

medical societies

specialty societies

education

communication

immunization

social determinants of health

vaccine hesitancy

infectious disease

preparedness