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Common Elements of All Our Work
Population Health Approach
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The population health approach is a strong, unifying theme for
all our programs and initiatives. The Public Health Agency
of Canada (PPHB) uses a population health approach to improve the
health of the entire population and to reduce health inequities
among population groups. To reach these objectives, PHAC Atlantic
looks at and acts on the broad range of factors and conditions that
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The population health approach recognizes that health depends on more
than a good health care system. Other determinants of health include
income, education, social support networks, personal health practices,
coping skills, the environment, and employment and working conditions.
These determinants of health interact to influence the health and well-being
of individuals throughout their lives. The population health approach
promotes prevention and positive action on determinants that affect the
health of the population as a whole or that of specific population groups.
PHAC Atlantic addresses the determinants of health in each life stage:
childhood and youth, mid-life, and later life, focusing on the most vulnerable
people. Since each life stage affects the one that follows, investments
in the childhood and youth life stage have the greatest possible long-term
effect. Through this emphasis on prevention, PHAC Atlantic contributes
to the health of Atlantic Canadians of all ages while reducing pressures
on the health care system.
Resource
material on population health
Population Health Approach
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