Open AccessClinical Preventive Services for Older Adults: The Interface Between Personal Health Care and Public Health Services
Author(s) -
Lydia L. Ogden,
Chesley Richards,
Douglas Shenson
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300353
Subject(s) - deliverable , public health , medicine , flexibility (engineering) , health care , population , environmental health , gerontology , population health , health services , community health , family medicine , nursing , economic growth , statistics , management , mathematics , economics
Healthy aging must become a priority objective for both population and personal health services, and will require innovative prevention programming to span those systems. Uptake of essential clinical preventive services is currently suboptimal among adults, owing to a number of system- and office-based care barriers. To achieve maximum health results, prevention must be integrated across community and clinical settings. Many preventive services are portable, deliverable in either clinical or community settings. Capitalizing on that flexibility can improve uptake and health outcomes. Significant reductions in health disparities, mortality, and morbidity, along with decreases in health spending, are achievable through improved collaboration and synergy between population health and personal health systems.