How should population health be approached? SESPAS Report 2012 ¿Cómo abordar la dimensión colectiva de la salud de las personas? Informe SESPAS 2012
Cofiño, Rafael (Programa de Actividades Comunitarias en Atención Primaria)
Pasarín, M. Isabel (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
Segura, Andreu (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Data:	2012
Resum:	The health of the population largely depends on environmental factors, raising the issue of what the role of health professionals, particularly those in public health and primary care, should be in the planning of objectives and actions for improvement. The present article proposes a trajectory, starting with knowledge of the community's strong points in health and its needs, and ending with taking action. This trajectory requires discussion on how information can be transformed into action. We analyze the current situation and its strengths and weaknesses, and make proposals for the entire process: from information to action. Information is more than just the available data gathered from different sources; it is also knowledge of those who belong to the community or are very close to it. This perspective should include both health deficits and health assets. This information should be used not only by health professionals, but by all those in a position to influence the determinants of health. Finally, when considering the actions required to improve the health of a community, we emphasize the benefits of health promotion, in the genuine sense of the term, by reflecting on effectiveness and efficiency. The question of whether the failure of an intervention to improve health is due to the futility of the action, or to be action being undertaken in an inefficient way, is discussed. © 2011 SESPAS.
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Llengua:	Castellà
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Determinantes de la salud ; Promoción de la salud ; Salud comunitaria ; Salud poblacional
Publicat a:	Gaceta sanitaria, Vol. 26 Núm. SUPPL.1 (marzo 2012) , p. 88-93, ISSN 1578-1283

DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2011.07.030
PMID: 22321944

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