Population Health

Eighth Annual DC Public Health Case Challenge: Addressing Infectious Diseases Using a Population Health Approach: Prevention and Control of Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections in Young Adults 18-24

by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 8, 2022 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  This discussion paper provides an overview of the eighth annual District of Columbia (DC) Public Health Case Challenge (https://nam.edu/initiatives/dc-public-health-case-challenge/), a competition held in 2021 by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the...

The Promise of Population Health: A Scenario for the Next Two Decades

by Jenna Ogilvie | Mar 21, 2022 | Commentary, Perspectives

In my 1997 book Purchasing Population Health: Paying for Results, I was either bold or foolish to make the following predictions about how the next two decades of work and progress in improving population health might proceed (Kindig, 1997): Phase 1 (1998–2002):...

Assessing Meaningful Community Engagement: A Conceptual Model to Advance Health Equity through Transformed Systems for Health

by Jenna Ogilvie | Feb 14, 2022 | Commentary, Perspectives

  “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”—Goethe   Introduction People and the communities they are a part of—defined as “groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity . . . or similar situations to address issues...

Sixth Annual DC Public Health Case Challenge – Reducing Disparities in Cancer and Chronic Disease: Preventing Tobacco Use in African American Adolescents

by Jenna Ogilvie | Feb 7, 2022 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  In October 2018, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) held the sixth annual District of Columbia (DC) Public Health...

Patients, Families, and Communities COVID-19 Impact Assessment: Lessons Learned and Compelling Needs

by Jenna Ogilvie | Nov 29, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >>   Introduction The health system exists to serve the most fundamental need of society: people’s health and well-being. To do so effectively requires engaging people...