Population Health
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 6, 2015 | Commentary, Perspectives
Physiological function and resiliency decline with age, even among the most robust sectors of the older adult population. The degree to which this decline is attributable to true biological aging versus aging-related changes in lifestyle factors has been the...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 6, 2015 | Commentary, Perspectives
Native Americans represent approximately 1 percent of the U.S. population, but account for some of the worst health outcomes related to preventable chronic diseases (diabetes, heart disease, cancer, alcoholism) than any other racial or ethnic group. In...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 2, 2015 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction According to the most recent study from Feeding America, the U.S. charitable food system (CFS), which includes regional food banks as the main procurers and food pantries as the main distributors, was serving about 46.5 million low-income people...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Feb 6, 2015 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction Growing evidence suggests that in order to improve a population’s health in a significant and sustained way there must be clear direction, commitment, and effective collaboration between the many entities that provide care or engage in community...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Feb 6, 2015 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction As public health and health care leaders embrace the challenge of improving population health, they can learn much from successful models of health system change at the local, state, and national levels. However, it is essential that they examine...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Feb 4, 2015 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
We have an innovation that is showing tremendous gains in improving health, especially among vulnerable populations. It has produced a return on investment of 4:1 when applied to children with asthma and a return on investment of 3:1 for Medicaid enrollees with...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Feb 4, 2015 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
In its report The Future of the Public’s Health in the 21st Century, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) calls for significant movement in “building a new generation of intersectoral partnerships that draw on the perspectives and resources of diverse communities...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Dec 9, 2014 | Commentary, Perspectives
“For public health, climate change is the defining issue for the 21st century.” Margaret Chan, World Health Organization “Social injustice is killing people on a grand scale.” WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health Climate change, health...
by Laura DeStefano | Dec 9, 2014 | Commentary, Perspectives
Today, most agree that achieving substantial improvements in population health and medical costs will require a greater focus on the upstream social determinants of health. I count myself among the converted, and I believe the community development sector’s...
by Laura DeStefano | Dec 9, 2014 | Commentary, Perspectives
Rather than rest on the seventh day, God might have put a little thought into futureproofing the design of human beings. As societies age, the weaknesses in our design, combined with changing lifestyles, mean that sickness has become the normal human...
