Nurturing healthy human development: A preferred perspective for action towards population health promotion

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tariq Bhatti
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Healthy Human

scholarly journals Mahalanobis' distance and propensity score to construct a controlled matched group in a Brazilian study of health promotion and social determinants

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 668-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valéria Troncoso Baltar ◽  
Clóvis Arlindo de Sousa ◽  
Marcia Faria Westphal
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Propensity Score ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Mahalanobis Distance ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Social Agendas

In observational epidemiology it is usual to select a control group to study the effects of certain exposures on human health. Intervention studies are well known among epidemiologists but it is not very frequent in other areas of research. In this paper we propose the same idea of intervention studies and the use of three methods for a health promotion research control group selection: Propensity score, Mahalanobis' distance and Mahalanobis within Propensity Calipers. In the original project, "Health and Local Development: a progress review towards the millennium goals with relation to health in the Brazilian cities which develop social agendas", cities with social agendas from Brazil were matched separately by state. In the state of Paraná there are 397 cities. Of these, 34 presented social agendas implemented and active since, at least, 2004. Five variables measured in 2000 were considered for the matching: population size, human development index of income, human development index of education, percentage of literacy and vaccine coverage. As a result, among these three methods, the Mahalanobis by itself was considered the less efficient. In conclusion, the propensity, which is a very simple linear score, presented very good matched sample. However, the Mahalanobis within Calipers was the method that provided the best result.

Achieving Population Health Impacts Through Health Promotion Programs Offered by Community-based Organizations

Medical Care ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda L. Brewster ◽  
Traci L. Wilson ◽  
Leslie A. Curry ◽  
Suzanne R. Kunkel
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Health Promotion Programs

Occupational therapy in population health and health promotion

2020 ◽  
pp. 91-106
Author(s):  
Ted Brown ◽  
Carolynne White ◽  
Mong-Lin Yu ◽  
Celia Marston
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Population Health

scholarly journals Incentives, health promotion and equality

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin Voigt
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Incentive Schemes ◽  
Systematic Assessment ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Equality Of Access

AbstractThe use of incentives to encourage individuals to adopt ‘healthier’ behaviours is an increasingly popular instrument in health policy. Much of the literature has been critical of ‘negative’ incentives, often due to concerns about equality; ‘positive’ incentives, however, have largely been welcomed as an instrument for the improvement of population health and possibly the reduction of health inequalities. The aim of this paper is to provide a more systematic assessment of the use of incentives from the perspective of equality. The paper begins with an overview of existing and proposed incentive schemes. I then suggest that the distinction between ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ incentives – or ‘carrots’ and ‘sticks’ – is of limited use in distinguishing those incentive schemes that raise concerns of equality from those that do not. The paper assesses incentive schemes with respect to two important considerations of equality: equality of access and equality of outcomes. While our assessment of incentive schemes will, ultimately, depend on various empirical facts, the paper aims to advance the debate by identifying some of the empirical questions we need to ask. The paper concludes by considering a number of trade-offs and caveats relevant to the assessment of incentive schemes.

Letter – Health promotion, the new public health and population health – are they coterminous?

2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-227
Author(s):  
Peter Howat ◽  
Bruce Maycock ◽  
Donna Cross ◽  
Jenny Collins ◽  
Linda Jackson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Population Health ◽  
New Public Health ◽  
New Public

scholarly journals The Expanded Chronic Care Model: An Integration of Concepts and Strategies from Population Health Promotion and the Chronic Care Model

2003 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Barr ◽  
Sylvia Robinson ◽  
Brenda Marin-Link ◽  
Lisa Underhill ◽  
Anita Dotts ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Chronic Care Model ◽  
Chronic Care ◽  
Care Model

scholarly journals Why Health Promotion Needs to Change

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-15
Author(s):  
Paul E. Terry
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Time And Motion ◽  
High Performers ◽  
Meaning Change

If you ask most health professionals why they do what they do, they invariably speak of being of service. And being of service, for population health workers, becomes ever more meaningful as our work touches ever more lives. To wit, “Kaizen,” a Japanese term meaning “change for better,” sits shoulder to shoulder with our life’s purpose. Health promotion professionals are high performers getting great results but we need to start working on our work. What would it take to increase our impact by 50%? And when we change our processes to accomplish that, what would we change next to get another 50% improvement? Only by stepping back and examining our processes can we see the time and motion required to make what’s working now work better and be more accessible to more people next time.

scholarly journals Strategies to combat poverty and their interface with health promotion

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (spe) ◽  
pp. 867-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Helena dos Santos Oliveira ◽  
Maria Adelane Alves Monteiro ◽  
Maria do Socorro Vieira Lopes ◽  
Daniele Mary Silva de Brito ◽  
Neiva Francenely Cunha Vieira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Concept

The population impoverishment is a social reality whose overcoming is necessary so that we can think about health as a positive concept. This study proposes a reflection on the coping strategies adopted by the Conjunto Palmeira, a Brazilian community in the Northeast, and their interface with health promotion. This community's reality is an example of overcoming social exclusion for different regions of Brazil and other countries. The history of the Conjunto and the collective strategies of empowerment for coping with poverty and search for human development are initially presented. After that, we establish the relationship of those strategies with the action fields for health promotion. Finally, we consider that the mutual responsibility of the community with its health and its relationship with the environment in which they live are means of promoting transformation towards the conquest of a worthy social space.

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