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Collaboration, teamwork, and communication are essential components of public health. In order for public health to be effective, communications must be used. “Communication contributes to the creation of an environment of trust and enables public health leaders to lead effectively, engage employees, and deliver results to the community” (Chamberlain, 2018). Through communication public health leaders, answer questions, create policies, analyze data, educate the public, and collaborate with others to better the health of the community. For example, when the Zika epidemic arrived in Florida, public health officials communicated to the public about the risks and safety precautions of the virus. This helped prevent an even bigger out break and helped those who might have been affected. …show more content…
“Effective collaboration produces results far beyond the performance of individual employees or leaders working alone” (Chamberlain, 2018). Teamwork fulfills the need for people to connect. With collaboration, teams, partnerships, and sense of unity can be created. Within a team information is given and received, which helps improving the health of the community. “Collaboration provides a wider spectrum of knowledge and experience which comes from all those experts. Resources are increased and can be used more effectively by joint commissioning services from health promoters in order to improve people’s health”(Tzenalis & Sotiriadou, 2010, p.52). When collaborating, more significant achievements can be made and the gaps that might exist are eliminated.
For example, CVS pharmacy collaborates with different organizations in order to improve the health of the community. They offer free health screens such as glucose testing, body mas index, blood pressure, and total