Population-Based Health Principles in Medical and Public Health Practice

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 75-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Ibrahim ◽  
Lucy A. Savitz ◽  
Timothy S. Carey ◽  
Edward H. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Health Practice

Elevating Physical Activity as a Public Health Priority: Establishing Core Competencies for Physical Activity Practitioners in Public Health

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 682-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber Dallman ◽  
Eydie Abercrombie ◽  
Rebecca Drewette-Card ◽  
Maya Mohan ◽  
Michael Ray ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Public Health Priority ◽  
Health Priority ◽  
Activity Promotion

Background:Physical activity has emerged as a vital area of public health. This emerging area of public health practice has created a need to develop practitioners who can address physical activity promotion using population-based approaches. Variations in physical activity practitioners' educations and backgrounds warranted the creation of minimal standards to establish the competencies needed to address physical activity as a public health priority.Methods:The content knowledge of physical activity practitioners tends to fall into 2 separate areas—population-based community health education and individually focused exercise physiology. Competencies reflect the importance of a comprehensive approach to physical activity promotion, including areas of community health while also understanding the physiologic responses occurring at the individual level.Results:Competencies are organized under the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's 5 benchmarks for physical activity and public health practice.Conclusions:The greatest impact on physical activity levels may be realized from a well-trained workforce of practitioners. Utilization of the competencies will enable the physical activity practitioner to provide technical assistance and leadership to promote, implement, and oversee evaluation of physical activity interventions.

Public Health Practice of Population-Based Birth Defects Surveillance Programs in the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. E1-E8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara T. Mai ◽  
Russell S. Kirby ◽  
Adolfo Correa ◽  
Deborah Rosenberg ◽  
Michael Petros ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Birth Defects ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Surveillance Programs

Ethics of Population-Based Research

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly A. Taylor ◽  
Summer Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Definition Of

Multiple scholars and institutions have asked what distinguishes public health research from public health practice. Most often, they ask in order to have a clear definition of what one does in various public health settings to assess oversight and/or regulation of human subjects research. More importantly, however, whether something is considered public health research or public health practice has real ethical implications in terms of the general moral considerations at stake and the obligations of public health researchers/practitioners to the populations they serve or study.Numerous examples in recent history of research ethics, including the Kennedy Krieger Lead Abatement Study and EPA’s Children’s Environmental Exposure Research Study (CHEERS), suggest that an exploration of the ethics of public health, or more generally population-based research, may be warranted. Although we acknowledge that there are important ethical issues to consider in the implementation of public health practice, we leave that discussion for other authors.

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