Applying a Health Lens to Decision Making in Non-Health Sectors: Workshop Summary

by Institute of Medicine, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, et al.

Health is influenced by a wide range of factors, many of which fall outside of the health care delivery sector. These determinants of health include, for example, the characteristics of how people live, work, learn, and play. Decision and policy making in areas such as transportation, housing, and education at different levels of government, and in the private sector, can have far-reaching impacts on health. Throughout the United States there has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309299756
• ISBN13: 9780309299756
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 94 Pages