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ArticleAnnals of family medicine

Shared Language for Shared Work in Population Health.

C J Peek, John M Westfall, Kurt C Stange, Winston Liaw, Bernard Ewigman, Jennifer E DeVoe, Larry A Green, Molly E Polverento, Nirali Bora, Frank V deGruy and 2 more

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Article in Annals of family medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

C J PeekDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota cjpeek@umn.edu.
John M WestfallRobert Graham Center, Washington, DC.
Kurt C StangeCase Western Reserve University Center for Community Health Integration, Cleveland, Ohio.
Winston LiawHealth Systems and Population Health Sciences, University of Houston College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Bernard EwigmanDepartment of Family Medicine, North-Shore University Health System & the Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Jennifer E DeVoeDepartment of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
Larry A GreenDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
Molly E PolverentoDepartment of Family Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
Nirali BoraKent County Health Department, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Frank V deGruyDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
Peter G HarperDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Nancy J BakerDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
University of Minnesota · USUniversity of Colorado Denver · USCase Western Reserve University · USKent County Health Department · USMichigan State University · USNorthShore University HealthSystem · USOregon Health & Science University · USUniversity of Houston · USWashington Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

People working on behalf of population health, community health, or public health often experience confusion or ambiguity in the meaning of these and other common terms-the similarities and differences and how they bear on the tasks and division of labor for care delivery and public health. Shared language must be clear enough to help, not hinder people working together as they ultimately come to mutual understanding of roles, responsibilities, and actions in their joint work. Based on an iterative lexicon development process, the authors developed and propose a definitional framework as an aid to navigating among related population and community health terms. These terms are defined, similarities and differences clarified, and then organized into 3 categories that reflect goals, realities, and ways to get the job done.

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LanguagePopulation HealthDelivery of Health CareHumansPublic Healthdefinitionslexiconpopulation healthprimary care public health integration

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PMID34546952
PMCPMC8437558
OpenAlexW3199398276

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