Research, partnership, intervention: the triptych of population health intervention research

Population health intervention research: advancing the field.

entire populations and to reduce health inequities.* It recognizes both health as a capacity or resource and the range of social, economic and environmental factors that contribute to it. A related articulation of health is “the capacity of people to adapt to, respond to, or control life’s challenges and changes”.1 In their seminal paper, Hawe and Potvin2 raise a cogent related question, “what ...

What is population health intervention research?

Population-level health interventions are policies or programs that shift the distribution of health risk by addressing the underlying social, economic and environmental conditions. These interventions might be programs or policies designed and developed in the health sector, but they are more likely to be in sectors elsewhere, such as education, housing or employment. Population health interve...

Commentary on population health intervention research.

This commentary discusses the importance of the Pan-Canadian Public Health Network in facilitating the coordination and infrastructure of Canada's public health system. Within Canada, effective intervention practice and research is at the forefront of public health, but there are questions regarding how best to conduct population health intervention research, how to put the evidence into practi...

Introduction to the Population Health Intervention Research Initiative for Canada.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research support for population health intervention research in Canada.

This paper outlines the results of an assessment respecting the extent of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) funding in population health intervention research from 2001 to 2006. The analysis is presented within the context of the barriers and enablers to the generation, support for and uptake of population health intervention research. Given data quality concerns, the assessment sho...