Learning Objectives
In this section, the student will:
- List the personal characteristics assessed when defining the whole person and explain how personal characteristics affect client response to disease
- Compile a profile of client demographics in the community
- Examine population health and its impact on health and wellness
- Describe the benefits of having data for managing a population
Resources
Watch “Tackling Ethnic Health Disparities” by Lisa Cooper at TEDxBaltimore 2014
- Population Health; from UC Davis Institute for Population Health Improvement
- HiAP (Health in All Policies) Approach; from the Public Health Institute
- Social Determinants of Health; from the World Health Organization
- Social Determinants of Health; from the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- Whole-Person Assessment Tool; from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Measuring Population Health Outcomes; from the Roberts Wood Johnson Foundation. Originally published in Prev Chronic Dis 2010;7(4). http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/jul/10_0005.htm.
- Preventing Chronic Disease; from the Roberts Wood Johnson Foundation. Originally published in Prev Chronic Dis 2010;7(4):A71. http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/jul/10_0005.htm.
- How a Population Health Approach Improves Health and Reduces Disparities: The Case of Head Start; from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention