Population Health Curriculum
Purpose
The Robert Graham Center, HealthLandscape, American Board of Family Medicine, and Community Health Center, Inc. collaborated to develop this curriculum aimed to introduce health care professionals to population health concepts and tools. Resources include slides and note sets, three case studies with sample data, and a performance improvement activity.
Funding
This project was funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration. The work was guided by an advisory committee composed of providers, policy makers, and researchers with experience in state and national public health funding, population health education, rural practice, and public health research.
Additional Information
For more information about this curriculum, please contact Jennifer Rankin.
Population Health Curriculum
Activities and Modules
- Module 1 - Introduction to Population Health: This module introduces population health terms, concepts, and resources. Contains 51 slides.
- Module 2 - Geographic and Data Concepts Important for Population Health:This module describes key geospatial terms and concepts that will be referenced in the case studies. Contains 37 slides.
- Case Study 1 - Exploring Community: This case study introduces the user to online mapping tools. The user also makes observations about the community served by his/her clinic.
- Case Study 2 - Mapping Clinical Data and Linking to Community Resources: This case study reviews the tasks of mapping clinical data and connecting patients to community resources. A file with synthetic data is included.
- Case Study 3 - Engaging Community: This case study follows a real-world community partnership and reviews how population health tools can be used to inform community-level interventions. Prior to completing this case study, the user should read the pre-reading document. A file with synthetic data is also included.
Performance Improvement Activity
- Population Health Performance Improvement Activity: This performance improvement activity (PIA) walks the user through a quality improvement activity that connects pre-diabetics with community Diabetes Prevention Programs. The document describes activities for both practicing and non-practicing physicians. A sample spreadsheet for generating lists of prediabetics is also included.
Curriculum Links
Module 1: Introduction to Population Health
- Community Oriented Primary Care Curriculum
- Camden Coalition Hotspotting Toolkit
- Practical Playbook
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Innovations Exchange
- Community Tool Box
- SIREN: Social Interventions Research & Evaluation Network
- PRAPARE: Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients’ Assets, Risks, and Experiences
- Community Health Resource Navigator
- Aunt Bertha
- The Community Guide
Module 2: Geographic Concepts Important for Population Health
- ZIP Code to ZCTA Crosswalk
- UDS Mapper
- Population Health Mapper by County
- Social Determinants of Health Mapper by Census Tract
- 500 Cities Project Mapping Tool by Census Tract
- Community Health View By State / County
Case Study 1: Exploring Community
Case Study 2: Mapping Clinical Data and Linking with Community Resources
Case Study 3: Engaging Community
- Pre-Reading: Community Tool Box: North Quabbin Community Coalition Example
- UDS Mapper
- How to Map Thematic Data in HealthLandscape
Performance Improvement Activity
Watch the Population Health Curriculum Webinar
Population Health How-to Information
- How to Geocode and Extract Data in HealthLandscape: Step-by-step walkthrough of uploading a dataset into HealthLandscape to geocode, and how to extract those geocoded data. A dataset with which students can practice is also available.
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