Key Terms
Distribution of health outcomes within a population
Health determinants that influence distribution
Policies and interventions that affect those determinants
What is Population Health
The varied factors that affect the health of individuals,including individual behavior, social influences, physical environment, medical care, public health policy, interventions
What are the determinants of health
The process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health
What is Health Promotion
A partnership of 52 major national organizations with a shared vision to achieve better health with a safe, equitable, and value-driven healthcare system
What is National Priorities Partnership
Science-based, 10-year national framework for improving the health of all Americans which provides measurable objectives and goals that are applicable at the national, State, and local levels.
What is Healthy People 2020
Strategies to minimize disease and injury at a population level
What is Prevention
Care management, quality & safety, health policy, and public health
What are the four pillars of population health
Healthy people making up healthy populations create productive workforces and thriving communities
What is the Ultimate Goal of Population Health
Preventing problems before symptoms appear
What is Primary Prevention
A team-based approach to care that is patient centered, comprehensive, accessible, committed to quality and safety, and coordinated within the population/community
What is Patient-Centered Medical Home
The ability of providers and organizations to effectively understand, assess, and implement health care services to diverse patient populations that meet the social, cultural, and linguistic needs of the patients
What is cultural competency
Early detection and swift treatment of disease (to cure disease, slow its progression, or reduce its impact on individuals or communities)
What is Secondary Prevention
Differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of diseases, as well as other adverse health conditions or outcomes that exist among specific population groups
What are health disparities
The set of activities designed to assist patients and their support systems in managing medical conditions more effectively to improving patients’ functional health status, enhance the coordination of care, eliminate the duplication of services, and reduce the need for expensive medical services sometimes coordinated through employers and health plans
What is chronic care management
Name three examples of primary prevention lifestyle modifications discussed in lecture
What is:
quit/reduce smoking
eat a healthy diet
and exercise regularly