A Framework for Population Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation / Lawrence W. Green, Andrea C. Gielen, Marshall W. Kreuter, Darleen V. Peterson, and Judith M. Ottoson -- Participation and Community Engagement in Planning / Lawrence W. Green, Andrea C. Gielen, and Marshall W. Kreuter...

The ability to assign patients to the most appropriate program of intervention would improve patient outcomes and reduce health care costs. This paper evaluates specific potentials of triaging patients into various combinations of health education treatments. Blood pressure improvement among...

This report presents the process and summative evaluation results from a community-based diabetes prevention and control project implemented in response to the increasing prevalence and impact of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) in the Canadian Aboriginal population. The 24-month...

There is considerable merit in undertaking to shift disease patterns at the community level. Typical problems reflect difficulties in the application of community-based prevention programmes, rather than inherent deficiencies in the concept itself. Scientific issues bear as much on successful...