The Population Health Research Network - Population Data Centre Profile

The Centre for Health Record Linkage: fostering population health research in NSW.

The benefits of researcher access to record linkage infrastructure are well recognised. Linkage transforms data that are collected on a routine basis as part of health care into a powerful resource for research. Linked data can be used to investigate the safety and quality of health care, the effectiveness of prevention and screening programs, and the patterns, costs and outcomes of health care...

Data Resource Profile: Network for Analysing Longitudinal Population-based HIV/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA Network).

Population health intervention research: advancing the field.

entire populations and to reduce health inequities.* It recognizes both health as a capacity or resource and the range of social, economic and environmental factors that contribute to it. A related articulation of health is “the capacity of people to adapt to, respond to, or control life’s challenges and changes”.1 In their seminal paper, Hawe and Potvin2 raise a cogent related question, “what ...

population research center: application of research for community health promotion

the current challenge in health services research is disability to present comprehensive and effective intervention plans for community health promotion. there are numerous reasons in this regard, some of which can be overcome through performance-based participatory research methods. the population research center (prc) in tehran university of medical sciences (tums) provides the necessary grou...

research network of tehran defined population: methodology and establishment

background : we need a defined population for determining prevalence and incidence of diseases, as well as conducting interventional, cohort and longitudinal studies, calculating correct and timely public health indicators, assessing actual health needs of community, performing educational programs and interventions to promote healthy lifestyle, and enhancing quality of primary health services....