POPULATION HEALTH ASSIGNMENT

Population Health Assignment

1. After reading the first two chapters of the Population Health text by Nash, et. al, answer the following questions:

a. How can population health address healthcare disparities?

b. How can population health assist in achieving goals of the national and state initiatives that address population health needs?

2. Explore the County Health Rankings website and answer the following questions:

„ http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/

1. Compare one of the Health Behaviors in the county of your birth to the county in which you now live. If you were born out of the country or still live in the same county, explore and compare a random county

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  1. Population Health in Addressing Healthcare Disparities

Population health refers to the outcome of health results among a given population. The population health helps to determine the levels of fitness associated in a specific community. However, some healthcare disparities exist in a presented population. Population health can assist in addressing them in a few ways. Health disparities emerge from different aspects which are either based on personal efforts or brought about by factors outside the powers of an individual…

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