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Interventions to Improve Health
Pages 8-11

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... For example, the social environment of isolated senior citizens can be improved by increasing contact with others, but their genetic endowment is not changeable. Time frames for change following interventions can vary widely, from days to decades.
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... For example, the Healthy Cities-Healthy Communities activities demonstrate that a high level of interest in community interventions exists, but these activities have not yet generated a body of evidence that will allow them to be replicated in other settings. Study designs rarely meet high scientific standards.
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... Are these institutions educating the community about the problems and their responses? Although organizations themselves can benefit Mom internal monitoring systems to determine their efficiency in resource utilization and whether desired outcomes are being achieved, they often lack the tools to adequately monitor sIn the context of the committee's work, outcome measures describe a state of health or well-being (e.g., immunization rates)
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... The presentation concluded with mention of another framework for assessing the community and health that translates the determinants of the field model into community terms (see Figure 2~. Community social and physical environments are affected by cultural, political, policy, and economic systems and in turn, influence community response, activation, and social support, and ultimately community outcomes including social behaviors, community health, and quality of life (Patrick and Wickizer, 1995~.
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Key Terms

  • field model
  • community level
  • community health
  • multidimensional approach
  • level data

  • senior citizens
  • individual level
  • measures describe
  • negative impact
  • social support

  • immunization rates
  • socioeconomic status
  • outcome measures
  • workplace smoking
  • report cards

  • isolated senior
  • monitoring provides
  • change slowly
  • clinical records
  • providing meals

  • programs providing
  • separate programs
  • level measures
  • latency periods
  • expectations regarding

  • intermediate outcome
  • physical environments
  • organizations themselves
  • mental development
  • desired outcomes


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