Module Components

• Overview
• Assignments

Topics

• Introduction to Population Health
• Modern Era of Public Health
• Healthy People Reports

NRSG 780 - Health Promotion and Population Health

Module 1: Overview of Population/Public Health

Introduction

This course is designed to address the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing and the AACN Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Practice Nursing in the category Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving the Nation’s Health. The course is also designed to address components of the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) Healthy People Curriculum Task Force’s Clinical Prevention and Population Health Curriculum Framework.

For information on the AACN Essentials click on http://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/Publications/MastersEssentials11.pdf and http://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/Publications/DNPEssentials.pdf. For information on the ATPR Healthy People Curriculum Task Force’s Clinical Prevention and Population Health Curriculum Framework click on http://www.aptrweb.org/?page=HPC_Taskforce.

Overview

The purpose of this module is to provide an overview of Population and Public Health. It emphasizes the fact that improvements in the quality of life and the longevity of Americans since the late 19th century have been accomplished largely through public health measures. The modern era of public health is highlighted and future goals for improved population health, reduction of health disparities and disease prevention strategies are introduced.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this module, the learner will be able to:

• Explain the need to establish health care priorities for the population
• Discuss the history of the modern era of public health
• Indicate the key determinants of health
• Identify a Healthy People 2030 Topic Area of interest

Required Readings

• Please SKIM this historic Institute of Medicine (IOM). (1988) report that is recommended by the American Public Health Association. Institute of Medicine (IOM). (1988). A History of the Public Health System. In The Future of Public Health (pp. 56-72).Retrieved from http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id‌=1091&page=56

  This report is the first in a series of three landmark IOM reports on public health. The next two are The Future of the Public’s Health in the 21st Century (2002) and For the Public’s Health Investing in a Healthier Future (2012).

Directions

Read the module and suggested readings within the module. Then complete the assignment for the module.