Multidisciplinary Versus Interdisciplinary

As a major public health organization here in Arizona, Planned Parenthood has continued work through an interdisciplinary approach. The past 90 years of history have aided in the development of planned parenthood's solid foundation within the community. Over the past few weeks it has become clear to me that this organization would not be nearly as successful in providing women with accurate knowledge and services pertaining to their health, without interdisciplinary ideals. More specifically, socially every single person who seeks care from planned parenthood is treated on an individual basis and because everyone is extremely different with different needs, the patent's 'problem/issue' must be resolved through the awareness of the numerous disciplines that can be used in each situation. If Planned Parenthood approached their patent's and their health problems in a multidisciplinary way, other health issues would get looked over and the best care possible would not be provided. Here in Arizona, there is such a diverse mixture of cultures around the valley that to ignore the need of integrating more than one approach when providing health services is imperative. Within Planned Parenthood the structure also aids in how integration is taking place. For example, I am working with the grassroots organizer and we're working among the public policy side of planned parenthood however there are still the physicians themselves who are seeing the patients and making diagnosis. In addition, there is the receptionists who answer phone calls all day giving information about health concerns in general and they book appointments. This entire organization works as a team collectively, but they all come from different backgrounds and hold different opinions however they're working toward a similar goal (just through different means) SUPPORTING A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO MAKE her own REPRODUCTIVE CHOICES!

Everyone has they're own voice, but to exercise that collectively with knowledge that one can contribute to the "problem" by integrating this discipline with that discipline is where the magic happens!