Module Components

• Overview
• Assignments

Topics

• Priorities and Partnerships
• National Prevention Strategy
• Integrating Primary Care and Public Health
• Transnational Trends
• Global Strategies and Priorities

NRSG 780 - Health Promotion and Population Health

Module 13: Critical Issues in Population Health

Overview

The purpose of this module is to survey critical national and international population health issues and to examine national and international approaches for prioritizing and building partnerships to address these issues.

Objectives

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

• Review the 5Ps:  Populations, Prevention, Priorities, Partnerships and Policies
• Reinforce the importance of setting priorities and establishing partnerships to address critical issues in population health
• Discuss the National Prevention Strategy
• Explain the importance of integrating primary care and public to address critical health issues
• Discuss transnational trends in global health
• Describe critical health priorities on the international level

Required Readings

• Institute of Medicine (IOM). (2012). Primary Care and Public Health: Exploring Integration to Improve Population Health. Introduction (pp. 17-44). Available at http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=13381&page=17
• National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council. (2011). National Prevention Strategy: America’s Plan for Better Health and Wellness. (pp. 2-13). Available at https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/disease-prevention-wellness-report.pdf
• World Health Organization (WHO). (2013). Global Action Plan for Prevention of Non-communicable Diseases 2013-2020. (pp. 1-13). Available at http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/94384/1/9789241506236_eng.pdf
• World Health Organization (WHO). (2021) Development of an Implementation Roadmap 2022-2030 for the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDS 2013-2030. Powerpoint Presentation Available at https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/ncds/implementation-roadmap--presentation-of-disc-paper-aug-25-2021.pdf?sfvrsn=42f56e09_5

 

Directions

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