Talk:Population health

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A large portion of the older version of this entry was taken straight out of. I tried to reword it somewhat and deleted some unneeded sentences.--Chinawhitecotton 07:57, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * The sentence "Economic inequality is bad for everyone's health" doesn't seem quite right to me. Could this sentence be changed to fit the context of the section? I think I know what the author is getting at but it seems to be a personal statement.--MrNiceGuy1113 (talk) 15:51, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Type 1 Diabetes?
Regarding this part - -Lower socioeconomic status has been linked to chronic stress, heart disease, ulcers, type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, certain types of cancer, and premature aging.- Is there some proof that its linked to Type 1 Diabetes? I find it hard to believe..


 * Agreed - a brief lit-search found nothing about type 1 but a lot about type 2, e.g.
 * Connollya et al. Diabetes prevalence and socioeconomic status: a population based study showing increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in deprived areas. J Epidemiol Community Health 2000;54:173-177


 * So I made the change. --Chinawhitecotton 10:59, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Sections on determinants
The focus seems to on the social determinants of health. I would have this as a subsection with seperate sections for

Nutrition and health;Water, sanitation and health;Environment and health;social determinants of health; Behavior and health; Medical treatment and health

merge community health
The articles on Population health and Community health seem to cover either the same topic, or very closely related topics. (Community health appears to deal with a population that is geographically defined?) Might make sense to merge the two, probably into population health? Thoughts? Zodon (talk) 08:34, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

I thought (and continue to think functionally here in the Harvard School of Public Health Department of Global Health and Population (GHP), formerly the HSPH Department of Population and International Health or PIH) that population health tends to move more in the direction of global health, or international health, though words are not always (often) used the same way by different persons or groups. MaynardClark —Preceding undated comment added 21:17, 8 October 2009 (UTC).
 * I would be careful about stating that population health is moving towards global health or international health. Global health is more multidisciplinary than international health, which tends to be more public health overseas. I don't think population health is necessarily global health.--MrNiceGuy1113 (talk) 15:44, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Similarities exist across both areas of population and community health, however in countries like Australia the concept of community health is mainly a government construct whereas population health discussion is of a more global nature.

Family planning
The section of family planning states some good information about the importance of family planning. This section could be expanded on though. I will try to find other information about the importance of family planning.--MrNiceGuy1113 (talk) 15:59, 1 May 2012 (UTC)


 * The article on unintended pregnancy might give some useful information or leads. There are bits about family planning scattered in other articles.  Any particular aspect(s) you are looking for?  Zodon (talk) 06:37, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Research
Adding Research section with information on context and methodology for variations in population health Benutzer41 (talk) 18:23, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

Topic Definition
The most recent edit adding a "definition" to the Population Health page does not appear to contribute to the knowledge base in that it references the author's commercial pursuit and is a near verbatim copy of the published and copyrighted description of Population Health Management by Philips Wellcentive - https://www.wellcentive.com/what-is-population-health-management/ --DFeger (talk) 19:02, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

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