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ArticleHealth promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice2022

Clinical public health: harnessing the best of both worlds in sickness and in health.

Bernard C K Choi, Arlene S King, Kathryn Graham, Rose Bilotta, Peter Selby, Bart J Harvey, Neeru Gupta, Shaun K Morris, Eric Young, Pierrette Buklis and 3 more

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Article in Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Public health surveillance and the data, information, knowledge, intelligence and wisdom paradigm.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2024
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  5. Authors' response to Letters to the Editor re: Clinical public health: harnessing the best of both worlds in sickness and in health.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2023
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  6. What we need is a political-economic public health.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2023
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  7. Re: Clinical public health: harnessing the best of both worlds in sickness and in health.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Bernard C K ChoiDivision of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Arlene S KingDivision of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Kathryn GrahamDivision of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Rose BilottaDivision of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Peter SelbyDivision of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Bart J HarveyDivision of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Neeru GuptaDivision of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Shaun K MorrisDivision of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Eric YoungDivision of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Pierrette BuklisDivision of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Donna L ReynoldsDivision of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Beth RachlisDivision of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ross UpshurDivision of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
University of Toronto · CAPublic Health Ontario · CACentre for Addiction and Mental Health · CALunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute · CAPublic Health Agency of Canada · CASt. Michael's Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionEffective, sustained collaboration between clinical and public health professionals can lead to improved individual and population health. The concept of clinical public health promotes collaboration between clinical medicine and public health to address complex, real-world health challenges. In this commentary, we describe the concept of clinical public health, the types of complex problems that require collaboration between individual and population health, and the barriers towards and applications of clinical public health that have become evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. RATIONALE: The focus of clinical medicine on the health of individuals and the aims of public health to promote and protect the health of populations are complementary. Interdisciplinary collaborations at both levels of health interventions are needed to address complex health problems. However, there is a need to address the disciplinary, cultural and financial barriers to achieving greater and sustained collaboration. Recent successes, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, provide a model for such collaboration between clinicians and public health practitioners.

conclusionA public health approach that fosters ongoing collaboration between clinical and public health professionals in the face of complex health threats will have greater impact than the sum of the parts.

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COVID-19Public HealthHumansPandemicsclinical medicinehealthmegatrendmultidisciplinary collaborationpopulation healthpublic healthsicknesssyndemicwicked problem

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PMID36223159
PMCPMC9584176
OpenAlexW4303437729

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