Abstract
This study examines social health determinants that impact health outcomes for residents in Louisiana, USA. We analyze data from 2010 to 2019 County Health Rankings using the behavioral and environmental factors from the precede-proceed model framework to assess factors to consider when thinking of interventions. Results suggest that the health determinants analyzed have a great variation in the length of life and the quality of life, central domains of health outcome. This understanding of what affects population health provides valuable information to establish public health priorities and to efficiently use limited health resources. The study calls for effective training, policies and programs to raise awareness and design approaches that will potentially increase health outcomes in the state. Keywords: Health outcomes, Health determinants, Quality of life, Length of life DOI : 10.7176/JHMN/68-06 Publication date: November 30 th 2019
Highlights
Health outcomes are very crucial to policymakers, legislators and health care practitioners across all the states in United States of America
Scholars have underscored that these two outcomes reveal the overall wellbeing of a population and they can be influenced by factors within the domain of health system as well as behavioral, economic and environmental factors not within the control of the health system (Azar et al 2017; National Institutes of Health, 2002)
As part of contributing to literature and filling in the knowledge gap, the purpose of this current study is to conduct a search, to review relevant literature and to better inform the public on how certain health determinants have impacted on health outcomes for Louisiana residents and to what extent these factors contribute to the length and the quality of their lives
Summary
Health outcomes are very crucial to policymakers, legislators and health care practitioners across all the states in United States of America. It is not surprising that Armstrong (1994) argued that health outcomes reflect the performance of health and health intervention, system, or service to maintaining or increasing the wellbeing of its target population. It has been underscored in literature that the quality of life and length of life are central indicators of health outcomes (County Health Rankings, 2019). Scholars have underscored that these two outcomes reveal the overall wellbeing of a population and they can be influenced by factors within the domain of health system as well as behavioral, economic and environmental factors not within the control of the health system (Azar et al 2017; National Institutes of Health, 2002)
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