Kindig David, Stoddart Greg
Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine, Madison, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2003 Mar;93(3):380-3. doi: 10.2105/ajph.93.3.380.
Population health is a relatively new term that has not yet been precisely defined. Is it a concept of health or a field of study of health determinants? We propose that the definition be "the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group," and we argue that the field of population health includes health outcomes, patterns of health determinants, and policies and interventions that link these two. We present a rationale for this definition and note its differentiation from public health, health promotion, and social epidemiology. We invite critiques and discussion that may lead to some consensus on this emerging concept.
人群健康是一个相对较新的术语，尚未得到精确的定义。它是一个健康概念还是一个关于健康决定因素的研究领域？我们建议将其定义为“一群个体的健康结果，包括这些结果在该群体中的分布”，并且我们认为人群健康领域包括健康结果、健康决定因素模式以及将这两者联系起来的政策和干预措施。我们给出了这一定义的基本原理，并指出它与公共卫生、健康促进和社会流行病学的区别。我们欢迎可能会就这个新兴概念达成某种共识的批评和讨论。
