Population Health Policy|Medicine
350-400 words, APA with APA citation Evaluate factors that impact population health, and thus, the health care system. These factors include access to health care, individual behavior, the social and physical environment, and genetics. You will also consider the role of epidemiologic data in the process of evaluating the health of a population.
For this Discussion, you will apply a framework developed by Kindig, Asada, and Booske (2008) to a population health issue of interest to you. This framework includes five key health determinants that should be considered when developing policies and programs to improve population health: access to health care, individual behavior, social environment, physical environment, and genetics.
With this information in mind, elect a population health issue that is of interest to you. Hypertension
Consider how epidemiologic data has been used to design population health measures and policy initiatives in addressing this issue.
Explain how the five population health determinants (access to health care, individual behavior, social environment, physical environment, and genetics) affect your selected health issue, and which determinants you think are most impactful for that particular issue and why. Explain how epidemiologic data supports the significance of your issue, and explain how this data has been used in designing population health measures and policy initiatives.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/181830?redirect=true
https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/jan/08_0235.htm
http://www.improvingpopulationhealth.org/blog/what-are-population-health-outcomes.html
https://www.healthypeople.gov/
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/About-Healthy-People/Foundation-Health-Measures
