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For the Public's Health

Revitalizing Law and Policy to Meet New Challenges

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health

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For the Public's Health

Revitalizing Law and Policy to Meet New Challenges

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to examine three topics in relation to public health: measurement, the law, and funding. IOM prepared a three book series-one book on each topic-that contain actionable recommendations for public health agencies and other stakeholders that have roles in the health of the U.S population. For the Public's Health: Revitalizing Law and Policy to Meet New Challenges is the second in the For the Public Health's Series, and reflects on legal and public policy reform on three levels: first, laws that establish the structure, duties, and authorities of public health departments; second, the use of legal and policy tools to improve the public's health; and third, the health effects of laws and policies from other sectors in and outside government. The book recommends that states enact legislation with appropriate funding to ensure that all public health departments have the mandate and the capacity to effectively deliver the Ten Essential Public Health Services. The book also recommends that states revise their laws to require public health accreditation for state and local health departments through the Public Health Accreditation Board accreditation process. The book urges government agencies to familiarize themselves with the public health and policy interventions at their disposal that can influence behavior and more importantly change conditions-social, economic, and environmental-to improve health. Lastly, the IOM encourages government and private-sector stakeholders to consider health in a wide range of policies (a health in all policies approach) and to evaluate the health effects and costs of major legislation. This book, as well as the other two books in the series, is intended to inform and help federal, state, and local governments, public health agencies, clinical care organizations, the private sector, and community-based organizations.

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0309186919

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Improving Health in the Community

A Role for Performance Monitoring

By: Committee on Using Performance Monitoring to Improve Community Health,Institute of Medicine

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Improving Health in the Community

A Role for Performance Monitoring

By: Committee on Using Performance Monitoring to Improve Community Health,Institute of Medicine

How do communities protect and improve the health of their populations? Health care is part of the answer but so are environmental protections, social and educational services, adequate nutrition, and a host of other activities. With concern over funding constraints, making sure such activities are efficient and effective is becoming a high priority. Improving Health in the Community explains how population-based performance monitoring programs can help communities point their efforts in the right direction. Within a broad definition of community health, the committee addresses factors surrounding the implementation of performance monitoring and explores the "why" and "how to" of establishing mechanisms to monitor the performance of those who can influence community health. The book offers a policy framework, applies a multidimensional model of the determinants of health, and provides sets of prototype performance indicators for specific health issues. Improving Health in the Community presents an attainable vision of a process that can achieve community-wide health benefits.

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0309520819

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Leading Health Indicators 2030

Advancing Health, Equity, and Well-Being

By: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Informing the Selection of Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2030

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Leading Health Indicators 2030

Advancing Health, Equity, and Well-Being

Beginning in 1979 and in each subsequent decades, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has overseen the Healthy People initiative to set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention. At the request of HHS, this study presents a slate of Leading Health Indicators (LHIs) that will serve as options for the Healthy People Federal Interagency Workgroup to consider as they develop the final criteria and set of LHIs for Healthy People 2030.

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0309671906

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9780309671903

Criteria for Selecting the Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2030

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Criteria for Selecting the Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2030

Every ten years, the Department of Health and Human Service's Healthy People Initiative develops a new set of science-based, national objectives with the goal of improving the health of all Americans. Defining balanced and comprehensive criteria for healthy people enables the public, programs, and policymakers to gauge our progress and reevaluate efforts towards a healthier society. Criteria for Selecting the Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2030 makes recommendations for the development of Leading Health Indicators for the initiative's Healthy People 2030 framework. The authoring committee's assessments inform their recommendations for the Healthy People Federal Interagency Workgroup in their endeavor to develop the latest Leading Health Indicators. The finalized Leading Health Indicators will establish the criteria for healthy Americans and help update policies that will guide decision-marking throughout the next decade. This report also reviews and reflects upon current and past Healthy People materials to identify gaps and new objectives.

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0309495970

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Public health

twelfth report of session 2010-12, Vol. 2: Oral and written evidence

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee

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Public health

twelfth report of session 2010-12, Vol. 2: Oral and written evidence

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee

Additional written evidence is contained in Volume 3, available on the Committee website at www.parliament.uk/healthcom

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The Stationery Office

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0215562062

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9780215562067

Implications of Genomics for Public Health

Workshop Summary

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Committee on Genomics and the Public's Health in the 21st Century

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Implications of Genomics for Public Health

Workshop Summary

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Committee on Genomics and the Public's Health in the 21st Century

Genomics is the study of the entire human genome. Genomics explores not only the actions of single genes, but also the interactions of multiple genes with each other and with the environment. As a result, genomics has great potential for improving the health of the public. However, realizing the benefits of genomics requires a systematic evaluation of its potential contributions and an understanding of the information necessary to facilitate the translation of research findings into public health strategies. In October 2004, the Institute of Medicine convened a workshop to discuss major scientific and policy issues related to genomics and public health, examine major supports for and challenges to the translation of genetic research into population health benefits, and suggest approaches for the integration of genomic information into strategies for promoting health and preventing disease. Implications of Genomics for Public Health summarizes the discussions and presentations from this workshop.

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0309096073

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The Role of Local Authorities in Health Issues

Eighth Report of Session 2012-13, Vol. 1: Report, Together with Formal Minutes, Oral and Written Evidence

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Communities and Local Government Committee

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The Role of Local Authorities in Health Issues

Eighth Report of Session 2012-13, Vol. 1: Report, Together with Formal Minutes, Oral and Written Evidence

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Communities and Local Government Committee

From 1 April 2013 local government will have a responsibility to improve the health and wellbeing of local people. Councils are well placed to make the most of a move away from a medical model of health, based on clinical treatment, to a social model, based on health promotion, protection and disease prevention. Central to the new system will be Health and Wellbeing Boards, whose members include councillors, GPs, directors of local services and community groups. They will need to focus on health promotion among all age groups. With few powers and no budget to commission services themselves, they will have to display leadership, build relationships and use their influence locally to turn their health and wellbeing strategies into reality. Health and Wellbeing Boards will be part of a complex new structure, and it is still unclear who will be in charge locally in the event of a health emergency. New arrangements for screening and immunisation services lack a local dimension. These services, along with public health services for children up to five years old and childhood immunisation services, could be devolved to public health staff within local government under Directors of Public Health. The Committee points to weaknesses in the grant formula and the Health Premium and calls on the Government to provide local authorities with community budgets to direct resources at people and places, rather than organisations. The Government also needs to address concerns about local authority and NHS access to each other's data.

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0215055438

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9780215055439

The Government's Public Health White Paper (Cm 6374)

Written Evidence

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee

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The Government's Public Health White Paper (Cm 6374)

Written Evidence

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee

White Paper Cm. 6374 (ISBN 010163742X) was published 16th November 2004.

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0215025067

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For the Public's Health

Revitalizing Law and Policy to Meet New Challenges

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health

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Revitalizing Law and Policy to Meet New Challenges

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health

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U.S. Health in International Perspective

Shorter Lives, Poorer Health

By: National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries

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U.S. Health in International Perspective

Shorter Lives, Poorer Health

The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved dramatically over the past century, Americans live shorter lives and experience more injuries and illnesses than people in other high-income countries. The U.S. health disadvantage cannot be attributed solely to the adverse health status of racial or ethnic minorities or poor people: even highly advantaged Americans are in worse health than their counterparts in other, "peer" countries. In light of the new and growing evidence about the U.S. health disadvantage, the National Institutes of Health asked the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a panel of experts to study the issue. The Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries examined whether the U.S. health disadvantage exists across the life span, considered potential explanations, and assessed the larger implications of the findings. U.S. Health in International Perspective presents detailed evidence on the issue, explores the possible explanations for the shorter and less healthy lives of Americans than those of people in comparable countries, and recommends actions by both government and nongovernment agencies and organizations to address the U.S. health disadvantage.

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Book's by Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health

For the Public's Health

For the Public's Health

Improving Health in the Community

Improving Health in the Community

Leading Health Indicators 2030

Leading Health Indicators 2030

Criteria for Selecting the Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2030

Criteria for Selecting the Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2030

Public health

Public health

Implications of Genomics for Public Health

Implications of Genomics for Public Health

The Role of Local Authorities in Health Issues

The Role of Local Authorities in Health Issues

The Government's Public Health White Paper (Cm 6374)

The Government's Public Health White Paper (Cm 6374)

For the Public's Health

For the Public's Health

U.S. Health in International Perspective

U.S. Health in International Perspective

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