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The PRECEDE–PROCEED model is a cost–benefit evaluation framework proposed in 1974 by Lawrence W. Green that can help health program planners, policy makers and other evaluators, analyze situations and design health programs efficiently. [1] It provides a comprehensive structure for assessing health and quality of life needs, and for ...
Counterfactual evaluation designs. Counterfactual analysis enables evaluators to attribute cause and effect between interventions and outcomes. The 'counterfactual' measures what would have happened to beneficiaries in the absence of the intervention, and impact is estimated by comparing counterfactual outcomes to those observed under the intervention.
Health promotion is aligned with health equity and can be a focus of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) dedicated to social justice or human rights. Health literacy can be developed in schools, while aspects of health promotion such as breastfeeding promotion can depend on laws and rules of public spaces.
Health impact assessment ( HIA) is defined as "a combination of procedures, methods, and tools by which a policy, program, or project may be judged as to its potential effects on the health of a population, and the distribution of those effects within the population." ( ECHP 1999, p.
The International Network of Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services (HPH) is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization that was initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1988. It is also known simply as HPH, or "Health Promoting Hospitals." HPH is based on the settings approach to health promotion philosophy of the WHO as ...
The app makes recommendations and referrals based on the client's results. Suggs' app chips away at a larger public health problem that's been going on for decades: Racial minorities don't get ...
The Lalonde Report is a 1974 report produced in Canada formally titled A new perspective on the health of Canadians. [1] It proposed the concept of the " health field ", identifying two main health-related objectives: the health care system; and prevention of health problems and promotion of good health. The report is considered the "first ...
Health in All Policies. Health in All Policies ( HiAP) was a term first used in Europe during the Finnish presidency of the European Union (EU), in 2006, with the aim of collaborating across sectors to achieve common goals. It is a strategy to include health considerations in policy making across different sectors that influence health, such as ...