HSCI 340 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 2: Occupational Safety And Health, Deeper Understanding, Health Promotion
9 Aug 2018
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Importance of popln health perspective is that it forces review of health outcomes in a popln across determinants. Important characteristics: examination of systematic differences in outcomes across populations, complexity of interactions among determinants, biological pathways linking determinants to population health outcomes. Influence of different determinants over time and throughout the life cycle. Part of study of popln health involves estimation of: cross-sectoral cost-effectiveness of different types and combos of investments for producing health. **clarification of the term that combines the definition and measurement of health outcomes and their distribution, the patterns of determinants that influence such outcomes, and the policies that influence the optimal balance of determinants. Quantitative data limits: context stripping, quantitative research more prevalent, continuing dominance of risk factor epidemiology within much public health/health promotion research and practice. "knowledge translation", but less of criticism of the ciar group.
