A vision for population health

"The report outlines a framework for population health centred on four pillars: the wider determinants of health; our health behaviours and lifestyles; the places and communities we live in; an integrated health and care system."

A vision for population health: Towards a healthier future
D Buck, A Baylis, D Dougall, R Robertson
The King's Fund
November 2018

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Strengthening population health intervention

"Much of the research and theorising in the knowledge translation (KT) field has focused on clinical settings, providing little guidance to those working in community settings. In this study, we build on previous research in community-based KT by detailing the theory driven and empirically-informed CollaboraKTion framework."

Strengthening population health intervention: developing the CollaboraKTion Framework for community-based knowledge translation
EK Jenkins, A Kothari, V Bungay, JL Johnson, JL Oliffe
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2016, 14:65

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Need to nurture: outcomes-based commissioning in the NHS

"Outcomes-based commissioning is an approach to commissioning health care that is based on the combination of five components: (1) use of outcomes; (2) a population approach; (3) use of metrics and learning; (4) payments and incentives; and (5) coordinated delivery. Rather than an individual intervention, it is one part of a broader approach to transforming a whole health care system."

Need to nurture: outcomes-based commissioning in the NHS
R Taunt, C Allcock, A Lockwood
The Health Foundation
September 2015

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Economic crisis, health systems and health in Europe

"This report from the WHO looks at the 2008 economic crisis and how it has reinforced the understanding that fiscal pressures threaten health and health system performance. The report focuses on a study of over 45 countries’ experiences and policy responses, to address key questions of how different European countries dealt with the crisis and how this affected the performance of healthcare systems, as well as the population’s health."

Economic crisis, health systems and health in Europe: Country experience
A Maresso, et al. (eds).
World Health Organization
September 2015

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Population health systems: Going beyond integrated care

"Making the shift from integrated care to population health in England requires NHS organisations to work much more closely with local authorities, third sector organisations and the private sector."

Population health systems: Going beyond integrated care
H Alderwick, C Ham, D Buck
The King's Fund
February 2015

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Putting quality on the global health agenda

"Although there is no single definition of high-quality care, the Institute of Medicine describes it as having six key features: it is safe, effective, patient-centered, efficient, timely, and equitable."

Putting quality on the global health agenda
KW Scott, AK Jha
New England Journal of Medicine, 2014, 371(1):3-5

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Framework for integrating health and social services

"This issue brief describes three essential components for integrating health, including physical and behavioral health services and public health, and social services:

1. a coordinating mechanism
2. quality measurement and data-sharing tools, and
3. aligned financing and payment"

A state policy framework for integrating health and social services
T McGinnis, M Crawford, SA Somers
The Commonwealth Fund
July 2014

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Framework for personalised care and population health

"This framework has been developed to underpin our national programme to maximise the impact of nurses, midwives, health visitors and allied health professionals on improving health outcomes and reducing inequalities."

A framework for personalised care and population health for nurses, midwives, health visitors and allied health professionals
Department of Health, Public Health England
July 2014

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Improving population health one person at a time?

"This qualitative interview study explored perceptions of the phrases ‘population health’, ‘public health’ and ‘community health’."

Improving population health one person at a time? Accountable care organisations: perceptions of population health—a qualitative interview study
DJ Noble, T Greenhalgh, LP Casalino
BMJ Open, 2014;4:e004665

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Increasing the scale and adoption of population health interventions

"This analysis articulates the processes of how decisions to scale up interventions are made, the roles of evidence, and contribution of different professional groups."

Increasing the scale and adoption of population health interventions: experiences and perspectives of policy makers, practitioners, and researchers
AJ Milat, L King, R Newson, L Wolfenden, C Rissel, A Bauman, S Redman
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2014, 12:18

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Smart Guides to Engagement series

"The Smart Guides to Engagement series is for everyone working in or with clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). The guides have been written by experts to provide straightforward advice on all aspects of patient and public engagement in an easily digested format."

Access the 12 guides here.

Reclaiming a population health perspective

"The report, which was written by the Nuffield Trust, commissioned by the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC), examines the arguments for encouraging and enabling general practices to take a much more proactive role in improving the health and wellbeing of their local populations, as well as their individual patients."

Reclaiming a population health perspective
R Thorlby
Nuffield Trust
April 2013

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Using research to influence policy change and population health improvement

"By applying what we know from translation theory to new challenges for improving population health, we can overcome barriers to dissemination and translation, and support evidence-based decision-making, and practice, in public health."

Using health services research to influence policy change and population health improvement
Academy Health
March 2013

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Improving data use in decision making

"The overall aim of the paper is to articulate specific interventions that can improve the demand for and use of data in decision making so that improvements in the other health building blocks can be realized."

Improving data use in decision making: an intervention to strengthen health systems
T Nutley
August 2012

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