Overview of Population Health

Learning Objectives

1. Define population health.

2. Differentiate population health, population health management and public health prevention strategies.

3. Give examples for each of the 3 buckets of prevention.

Readings

• On the Distinction — or Lack of Distinction — Between Population Health and Public Health (2016) Download On the Distinction — or Lack of Distinction — Between Population Health and Public Health (2016)

  
  Diez Rouz AV. American Journal of Public Health. 2016 April; 106(4): 619-620.

• The 3 Buckets of Prevention (Auerbach, 2016) Download The 3 Buckets of Prevention (Auerbach, 2016)

  
  Auerbach J. Public Health Manag Pract. 2016; 22(3): 215–218.

• Structural Differential — A 32-Year-Old Man with Persistent Wrist Pain (2016) Download Structural Differential — A 32-Year-Old Man with Persistent Wrist Pain (2016)

  
  Seymour CK, Griffin C, Holmes SM, Martinez C. N Engl J Med. 2018 December; 379(25): 2385-2388.
  

  • Appendix 1 | Structural differential — a 32-year-old man with persistent wrist pain Download Structural differential — a 32-year-old man with persistent wrist pain

    
    

  • Appendix 2 | Structural differential — a 32-year-old man with persistent wrist pain Download Structural differential — a 32-year-old man with persistent wrist pain

• What is Population Health? (2003)
  Kindig D, Stoddart G. American Journal of Public Health. 2003 March; 93(3): 380-383.
  

• Roundtable on Population Health Improvement Links to an external site.
  National Academy of Sciences. (2019). Roundtable on Population Health Improvement. Retrieved from http://nationalacademies.org/hmd/Activities/PublicHealth/PopulationHealthImprovementRT.aspx Links to an external site. 

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