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AIDS care was studied in the united states and it was found that social factors were more predicting than individual factors about whether or not an individual would contract the disease
This was also studied in Rwanda using a model designed in Haiti using the “PIH model of care” to study social inequalities and prevent the effects of poverty that lead to death by AIDS, TB, malaria.
Structural interventions were also incorporated into clinical medicine as it was argued that social interventions, while not traditionally part of a physician's duties, have more of an impact that clinical interventions
A common problem we face in our EMS system is not always knowing what to expect when we arrive on the scene of a call.
This call was dispatched as a bravo determinant EMS call for an allergic reaction. I was the crew chief on this call with a crew consisting of myself, a driver, and one attendant.