Open AccessPopulation Health as a Framework for Public Health Practice: A Canadian Perspective
Author(s) -
Benita Cohen
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of public health (1971)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.075192
Subject(s) - public health , population health , perspective (graphical) , population , environmental health , health equity , epidemiology , health policy , health promotion , international health , medicine , nursing , artificial intelligence , computer science
I explored the discourse on population health within 3 diverse regional health authorities in Manitoba, Winnipeg, with a focus on the public health sector. At all study sites, population health was viewed primarily as an epidemiological tool for population health assessment and surveillance rather than as an approach to taking action on the broad determinants of health. My findings suggest that concerns about the limitations of population health as a framework for public health efforts to reduce inequities in health are warranted.