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For the Public's Health: The Role of Measurement in Action and Accountability

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Edition: 1st
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0-309-16128-2 (0309161282)
ISBN-13: 978-0-309-16128-2 (9780309161282)
Binding: E E Book + ProQuest Ebook Central
Copyright: 2011
Publish Date: 05/11
Weight: 0.00 Lbs.
Subject Class: PUB (Public Health)
Return Policy: Non-Returnable.
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Discipline: Public Health
Subject Definition: Publc Health Administration-Standards-United States
NLM Class: WA 540
LC Class: RA445
Abstract: Despite having the costliest medical care delivery system in the world, Americans are not particularly healthy. Recent international comparisons show that life expectancy in the U.S. ranks 49th among all nations, and infant mortality rates are higher in the U.S. than in many far less affluent nations. While these statistics are alarming, the bigger problem is that we do not know how to reverse this trend. Our lack of knowledge is due in large part to significant inadequacies in the health system for gathering, analyzing, and communicating health information about the population....For the Public's Health seeks to reinstate the proper and evidence-based understanding of health as not merely the result of medical or clinical care but the result of the sum of what we do as a society to create the conditions in which people can be healthy. To achieve this goal, the book suggests changes in the processes, tools, and approaches used to gather information about health outcomes and their determinants. The book also recommends developing an integrated and coordinated system in which all parties-including governmental and private sector partners at all levels-have access to timely and meaningful data to help foster individual and community awareness and action.
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