Module 6 Flashcards
(6 cards)
What is population health?
Population health approach- positioned in public health agency of canada as a unifying force for the entire spectrum of health system interventions.
“Population health refers to the health of a population as measured by health status indicators and as influenced by social, economic, and physical environments, personal health practces, etc….”
arose in early 1990’s as a result of social determinants of health (macro level conditions that impact health)
Key elements of population health?
- income and social status
- social support networks
- education
- employment
- social and physical environments
- personal health practices and coping skills
- healthy child development
- biology and genetic variation
- health services
- gender
- culture
What is the goal of population health?
Aims to improve entire populations health
Big picture (macro vs. micro)
Reduce health inequities between different populations
How did health promotion evolve, including social context?
- Sanitary movement in 17th century; florence and snow era; epidemics
- Communicable disease in the 18th century; germ theory & transmission of disease1974: Lalonde Report proposed that changes in lifestyles or social and physical environments would likely lead to more improvements in health
1983: population health traced back to graduate seminar in health sciences at McMaster University
1986: The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion provided framework for health promotion
1989: the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR) introduced the population health concept, proposing that individual determinants of health do not act in isolation
1994: the population health approach was officially endorsed by the federal, provincial and territorial Ministers of Health in a report entitled Strategies for Population Health: Investing in the Health of Canadians
What are population health interventions?
Prevention and promotion to health
Protection, diagnosis, treatment, care
Compare health promotion with population health
SIMILAR- maintenance or improvement of health and wellbeing within populations, reduction of inequities between populations
DIFFERENT- population health= biomedical focus, pop. is sum of individuals emphasis on social structure and changing SDOH, emphasizes human life course, looks and science and evidence
DIFFERENT- health promotion= social movement, holistic, populations are more than sum of individuals, share collective characteristics, emphasizes health and wellness, stories and voices, naturalistic inquiry
