Population Health is an interdisciplinary scalable approach that allows health planners to connect practice to policy with a view of improving the health outcomes for communities.

Population Health is an interdisciplinary scalable approach that allows health planners to connect practice to policy with a view of improving the health outcomes for communities. This requires the involvement of different partners and sectors which impact the determinants of health i.e. public health, education, health services, local government, housing etc. They all contribute to achieve positive health outcomes. Population Health brings into sharp focus the issues confronting communities and responds to ways resources can be allocated to respond to the problems that are drivers of poor health conditions in the population.

The Government has announced that they will be relocating a lower income community of 500 families who have been prone to repeated flooding, to a geographical area close to your health facility. You have been called to a multi-agency meeting to discuss the relocation exercise and state how your sector can best prepare for what is expected to be an increased demand on the health centre and hospital.

In preparation for the inter-agency meeting what data and epidemiology profile will you gather on the existing communities served by your health facilities?                 (10 Marks)

What information will you request on the 500 families who are being relocated to your jurisdiction?                                                                                                          (10 Marks)

Which services can you forecast these families will need to help them to reintegrate in the new community?