Population, Public and Indigenous Health, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Can J Public Health. 2019 Jun;110(3):323-326. doi: 10.17269/s41997-019-00195-3. Epub 2019 Mar 7.
This commentary provides a response to the call for papers that explore why public health matters today. We present our thoughts and experiences as members of the inaugural (2017) cohort of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Health System Impact Fellows, focused on population and public health projects within our respective health organizations. One year in, we understand our fellowships as uniquely integrating population and public health attributes toward enhancing health system learning and impact. Despite references to the weakening of public health in the call, we are encouraged by our fellowship experiences that promote a focus on prevention and upstream factors that impact health. We are hopeful that a continued focus on population and public health in future fellowship cohorts will in time demonstrate positive health system change for Canadians.
这篇评论回应了呼吁人们探讨为何公共卫生在当下至关重要的论文。我们作为加拿大卫生研究院（CIHR）卫生系统影响研究员首批（2017 年）研究员的一员，在各自的卫生机构内专注于人口与公共卫生项目，阐述了我们的想法和经验。研究员任期伊始，我们就理解到我们的研究员任期将人口与公共卫生属性独特地融合在一起，以加强卫生系统的学习和影响。尽管该呼吁中提到了公共卫生的削弱，但我们的研究员经历鼓励我们专注于预防和影响健康的上游因素，这让我们感到鼓舞。我们希望，未来的研究员群体继续关注人口与公共卫生，将及时为加拿大人带来积极的卫生系统变化。
