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September 2006, Vol 96, No. 9 | American Journal of Public Health 1574-1576
© 2006 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.075192

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Population Health as a Framework for Public Health Practice: A Canadian Perspective

Benita E. Cohen, RN, PhD

Benita E. Cohen is with the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Benita E. Cohen, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Room 377, Helen Glass Centre for Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB. R3T 2N2 Canada (e-mail: benita_cohen{at}umanitoba.ca).

I explored the discourse on population health within 3 diverse regional health authorities in Manitoba, Winnipeg, with a focus on the public health sector. At all study sites, population health was viewed primarily as an epidemiological tool for population health assessment and surveillance rather than as an approach to taking action on the broad determinants of health. My findings suggest that concerns about the limitations of population health as a framework for public health efforts to reduce inequities in health are warranted.






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