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Topic: Population health

	Rural Health Policy - Rural Uninsured Summary
		Difference in health insurance status between rural and urban people takes on additional importance when one considers that rural populations tend on average to be older, poorer, and have lower levels of education-all of which can contribute to a lower health status and a higher need for health care.
		Issues related to health insurance vary as well, as shown in differences between rural areas that are adjacent to urban areas and rural areas that are not, and between different subgroups of the rural population.
		Given the importance of health insurance coverage in affecting access to health care and subsequent health status, it is essential to continue monitoring the extent to which the rural population is receiving such coverage.
	ruralhealth.hrsa.gov /policy/UninsuredSummary.htm (1512 words)

	Center for Demography and Population Health
		The Center for Demography and Population Health at Florida State University is an autonomous, interdisciplinary unit of the College of Social Sciences.
		The Center's mission is to coordinate and conduct demographic and population health research and training throughout the university by bringing together faculty and students from various academic departments and programs who are working in these areas.
		The Center also offers graduate-level training in demography and population health, including a program leading to a Master of Science degree in Demography and the facilitation of an undergraduate program leading to a Certificate in Demographics.
	www.fsu.edu /~popctr (153 words)

	Public Health Agency of Canada - Population Health Approach - Population Health
		Population health is an approach to health that aims to improve the health of the entire population and to reduce health inequities among population groups.
		The population health approach recognizes that health is a capacity or resource rather than a state, a definition which corresponds more to the notion of being able to pursue one's goals, to acquire skills and education, and to grow.
		Building on advances in health promotion and public health, the Population Health Template is a resource for people in health and other sectors who strive to improve the health of populations.
	www.phac-aspc.gc.ca /ph-sp/phdd/approach (806 words)

	White-Tailed Deer/Population Health and Evaluation
		Relative herd health is the condition of a white-tailed deer population relative to the ability of the habitat to support it.
		Often the population parameters of interest, such as antler size, are determined during an earlier season and are somewhat independent of the conditions present during the hunting season.
		However, some herd health variables, such as antler measurements, should be classified by specific year classes (e.g., 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, 5.5 and older), so attempts at assigning specific ages to deer 2.5 years and older may be justified.
	www.noble.org /Ag/Wildlife/DeerFoods/PopulationHealth.html (1279 words)

	PAI: Population Issues: Reproductive Health (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Women who are in poor health or poorly nourished are more likely to give birth to unhealthy babies, and often cannot provide adequate care, diminishing the chances their children will survive and thrive.
		The reproductive health field is attempting respond to the need to address the conditions of people's sexual lives by sensitizing and training health workers, developing referral, and developing negotiating skills in both women and men.
		Comprehensive reproductive health services, especially care in pregnancy and childbirth and for sexually transmitted infections, are key to preventing disability and death and improving women's health.
	www.populationaction.org /issues/health/index.htm (1121 words)

	Population Health
		The MSc in Population Health is a collaborative programme, run by the Department of Health Sciences but drawing upon the expertise of University staff from a range of health and social care related departments, working together under the Alcuin Collaboration.
		Health Sciences is a large interdisciplinary department offering a broad range of taught and research postgraduate programmes relevant to the health and social care sectors.
		The MSc in Population Health is very United Kingdom (UK) biased and whilst much of the knowledge and skills taught on the course are generic, the examples used draw heavily on UK health and healthcare.
	www.york.ac.uk /healthsciences/gsp/pophth.htm (2275 words)

	Health of Russia's population
		The main problem of Russia's population health are very high rates of mortality.
		For the resolution of this problem it is necessary to examine and evaluate several aspects of population health forming in different conditions, including contemporary life ones, which have changed the life values characteristics of the wide masses of population.
		Our Institute is developping now a program of a complex study of health of Russia's population attached to the Census of 2002.
	members.tripod.com /~Tokourov/rushealt.htm (415 words)

	USAID Health: Overview
		USAID's objective is to improve global health, including child, maternal, and reproductive health, and the reduction of abortion and disease, especially HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.
		Health systems strengthening is a continuous process of implementing changes in policies and management arrangements within the health sector.
		USAID is committed to improving the health and well-being of children and families.
	www.usaid.gov /our_work/global_health (659 words)

	Ending Violence Against Women, Population Reports, Series L, Number 11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) is a research and advocacy organization that seeks to integrate concern for gender equity and social justice into international health policy and practice.
		Health care providers can do much to help their clients who are victims of gender-based violence.
		Health workers alone cannot transform the cultural, social, and legal environment that gives rise to and condones widespread violence against women.
	www.infoforhealth.org /pr/l11edsum.shtml (724 words)

	Population Health Division's Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Population Health Division within the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing is responsible for national leadership in important public health matters, such as communicable diseases, immunisation, nutrition and obesity, physical activity, food policy, smoking, alcohol and drug abuse.
		The Population Health Division helps all Australians to stay healthy and live longer by helping them avoid illness and injury.
		Population Health Division works with all Australians, non-government organisations, other arms of government and with doctors and health professionals.
	www.health.gov.au /internet/wcms/Publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-index.htm (178 words)

	It's Time to Start Practicing Population-Based Health Care - June 1998 Family Practice Management
		This approach to population health care is based on monitoring predetermined outcomes and improving care delivery.
		Your health plans may be willing to help support population- health programs that serve their members.
		Some health plans, integrated delivery systems and large group practices already are providing population-based care by forming quality improvement committees to identify conditions, establish outcomes, review and approve care guidelines, and involve their nurses and other health professionals to assist physicians in outreach and education.
	www.aafp.org /fpm/980600fm/popbased.html (4257 words)

	America's Health: State Health Rankings - 2004 Edition
		Percentage of the population estimated to be obese, with a body mass index (BMI) of 30.0 or higher.
		Poverty is an indication of the lack of access by this vulnerable population to health care.
		Number of deaths per 100,000 population.This is an overall indicator of health of a population as it measures death from all causes.
	www.unitedhealthfoundation.org /shr2004/components (933 words)

	HSPH: Department of Population and International Health
		The department's approach to these problems combines the analysis of population and health using quantitative and qualitative methods, the investigation of policies that affect health, and a concern with the politics and ethics of health and development.
		In their examination of population and international health issues, department faculty members draw on their disciplinary expertise in many areas: anthropology, biostatistics, demography, ecology, economics, epidemiology, ethics, medicine, political science, reproductive biology, and sociology.
		There are approximately 35 required credits in the first year of study, including schoolwide requirements; courses in demography, population health measurement and risk factors, reproductive health, and ethics; and applied courses in politics and economics.
	www.hsph.harvard.edu /Academics/pih (1803 words)

	Department of Population Health Sciences
		The Department of Population Health Sciences has as its focus the health of populations.
		Randy Brown, MD, MS, Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and a PhD candidate in Population Health was elected to serve as the President of the Wisconsin Society of Addiction Medicine
		Kevin Hayden, a graduate of the Department, appointed as the new Secretary of the Department of Health and Family Services by Governor Doyle.
	www.pophealth.wisc.edu (207 words)

	Population Health Initiative
		Population health is an approach to health that looks at the determinants of health—such as income and the social environment—and, in doing so, aims to reduce inequities among different groups in the population.
		The ultimate goal is to improve the health of the entire population.
		In 1999, the Canadian Institute for Health Information launched the Canadian Population Health Initiative (CPHI) to expand the public’s knowledge of population health.
	secure.cihi.ca /cihiweb/dispPage.jsp?cw_page=pop_health_e (253 words)

	National Population Health Survey
		The National Population Health Survey (NPHS) is a longitudinal survey that collects information from a sample of people who lived in Canada in 1994/95, when the survey was launched.
		Its goal is to collect information on their health status and the factors that can have an influence on health.
		Statistics Canada, Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada, the provincial ministries of health as well as social services and health organizations use the survey results to plan, implement and evaluate programs aimed at improving the health of Canadians and the efficiency of health services.
	www.statcan.ca /english/survey/household/health/health.htm (1365 words)

	NMAHS Population Health
		Population Health aims to deliver benefits for the community in promoting positive wellbeing, reducing preventable disease prevalence, morbidity, disability and mortality.
		Population health service is mostly concerned with promotion, prevention, early detection of disease and early intervention.
		Collaborates with a range of government and non-government agencies, general practitioners and community groups to have impact on the determinants of health and health outcomes.
	www.rph.wa.gov.au /hpnetwork/index.html (187 words)

	RAND \| RAND Health \| Center for Population Health and Health Disparities
		To advance understanding of the links between environment, behavior, and health, the National Institutes of Health has established eight Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities.
		The RAND Center for Population Health and Health Disparities is a part of RAND Health.
		Study the effects of neighborhoods on health throughout the life cycle and the pathways by which these effects are felt.
	www.rand.org /health/pophealth (274 words)

	WHO \| Summary Measures of Population Health (SMPH) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Summary measures of population health are measures that combine information on mortality and non-fatal health outcomes to represent population health in a single number.
		Even in developing countries, the contribution of disability and non-fatal health conditions (such as mental disorders, musculoskeletal disorders and sight and vision problems) to total disease burden ranges from around one third in high mortality developing countries to one half in high income countries (as measured by the DALY).
		Healthy life expectancy summarizes total life expectancy into equivalent years of "full health" by taking into account years lived in less than full health due to diseases and injuries.
	www.who.int /healthinfo/bodsmph/en (258 words)

	GIS: Road map for health (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The health care industry is telling geographic information system vendors to share the responsibility for making data more accurate, said Bill Davenhall, global health and human services solutions manager at ESRI.
		Population health mapping can aggregate statistics from a variety of sources and overlay the data with digital maps to help public officials target responses to problems or decide where to focus clinical resources.
		An important component of electronic population health mapping is a geographic information system, a collection of hardware and software that creates digital maps from site visits, survey records and aerial reconnaissance.
	www.govhealthit.com /article94791-06-12-06-Print (1290 words)

	Population Health Futures
		In 1997 the Council of Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice was charged with continuing the work of the Public Health Functions Project that had used the Essential Public Health Services as a framework for identifying public health workforce competencies.
		The Public Health Competency Handbook: Optimizing Individual and Organizational Performance for the Public’s Health was developed by academic and practice partners to provide tools to translate individual competency development efforts into enhanced organizational performance.
		The Public Health Competency Handbook is the first hands-on guide that outlines the critical organizational competencies required for improvements in the delivery of the Essential Public Health Services by public health agencies and local public health system partners.
	www.populationhealthfutures.com /handbook.htm (538 words)

	Population Issues - Health
		After five days of grueling labor at home, her child was finally born, but it was dead.
		The WHO's recently-published World Health Report says some African countries could face economic collapse unless the AIDS pandemic is controlled.
		But those things are dependent on human behaviour, and health professionals know that is not easy to change.
	www.populationmedia.org /issues/health.html (438 words)

	Population Health Capacity Building Grant
		The teams will be expected to contribute new knowledge at a leading national and international level in important areas of health and medical research, tackle problems for which longer term stable funding is essential and provide training and career development opportunities within the team.
		The Capacity Building Grants in Population Health Research are part of a wider NHMRC strategy designed to further develop population and health services research in Australia.
		Research Committee's objective in establishing Capacity Building Grants in Population Health Research is to ensure there is sufficient capacity/critical mass across the full range of population health and health services research.
	www.nhmrc.gov.au /funding/types/granttype/strategic/pophealth.htm (332 words)

	Population Reference Bureau: Search Population and Health Data
		Resident population is as of July 1 of the years indicated, and does not include Armed Forces personnel stationed overseas.
		Data on percent change in the working age population, 1999-2015, concern the resident population ages 16 to 64 as of July 1 of their respective years.
		Data on persons in the labor force, including percent of women in the labor force, are for the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and over as of March 1999.
	www.worldpop.org /prbdata.htm (1441 words)

	Population and International Health
		Presents the main demographic approaches to the study of population structure and dynamics, including data sources, age and sex composition, growth, fertility, nuptiality, mortality, and population forecasts and projections.
		Yet few health planners or managers in Low Income Countries have any formal training in management and as a result many excellent global, national and local health initiatives do not achieve their goals in a reasonable time frame or at an affordable cost.
		Students are introduced to two contrasting perspectives on health and development: modernization theory and dependency theory, with attention to the roles of states, markets, non-governmental organizations, and international institutions.
	www.hsph.harvard.edu /registrar/courses/Ay0102/desc&schd/pih.shtml (5186 words)

	Population Health Forum - About Us
		The Population Health Forum's mission is to raise awareness and initiate dialogue about the ways in which political, economic, and social inequalities interact to affect the overall health status of our society.
		Originally launched at the University of Washington, the Population Health Forum is an organization of health activists that hosts forums, sponsors discussions and workshops, develops curriculum, teaches courses, and provides speakers to educate and encourage community involvement in population health.
		A group of students, faculty, and staff at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA, formed the Population Health Forum in 1997.
	depts.washington.edu /eqhlth/pages/about.html (215 words)

	Population Health Impact Institute
		The Population Health Impact (PHI) Institute is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 to promote credible, transparent, standardized, and replicable impact evaluations of defined population health programs (e.g., wellness, health promotion, payment for provider performance, disease management, case management, medical management, etc.).
		The Population Health Impact Institute offers scoring services for defined population health management programs as a means for buyers and sellers to achieve increasing levels of Credibility in program planning, procurement, performance monitoring, and impact / outcome evaluation.
		The Population Health Impact Institute holds a copyright to these principles, standards, and measures and can rescind or alter them at any time.
	www.phiinstitute.org (1140 words)

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