community medicine

American  

noun

1. public-health services targeted to a given community, often a low-income population.

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Example Sentences

“It's not ever one thing right that causes either an epidemic or causes things to slow down,” said Dr. Ina Park, a professor of Family Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

From Salon

Development of the structured clinical interview was led by Mollie Rischard, Ph.D., a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at the OU School of Community Medicine.

From Science Daily

"Sleep problems can be common in kids, but we have not had a means of getting a comprehensive view of what is going on with their sleep," said child and adolescent psychiatrist Tara Buck, M.D., an associate professor in the OU School of Community Medicine in Tulsa.

From Science Daily

“How could they appoint someone with a history of alcohol funding after removing the other two because of alcohol funding?” said Dr. Michael B. Siegel, professor of public health and community medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine.

From New York Times

"Holiday travel, activities with friends and family, and trying to get a bunch of things done can cause people to lose track of their healthy habits," said Barbara Bawer, M.D., family medicine physician at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center and clinical assistant professor of family and community medicine at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

From Science Daily