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Four reasons for adopting a life course approach to health in the COVID-19 era and beyond

The life course approach effectively responds to pressing health needs and fills critical gaps to improve health outcomes in the era of COVID-19 and beyond. This article outlines four main reasons to adopt and implement the life course approach in public health at national and local levels: (i) the...

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Autores principales: Hommes, Carolina, Ambrose, Ashley, Vega, Enrique, Martinez, Ramon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Organización Panamericana de la Salud 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9668044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36406294
http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.182
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spelling pubmed-96680442022-11-18 Four reasons for adopting a life course approach to health in the COVID-19 era and beyond Hommes, Carolina Ambrose, Ashley Vega, Enrique Martinez, Ramon Rev Panam Salud Publica Opinion and Analysis The life course approach effectively responds to pressing health needs and fills critical gaps to improve health outcomes in the era of COVID-19 and beyond. This article outlines four main reasons to adopt and implement the life course approach in public health at national and local levels: (i) the approach effectively responds to new health trends and evidence, (ii) it fills longstanding gaps in care, (iii) it best addresses health inequities, and (iv) it can help achieve more with less. Organización Panamericana de la Salud 2022-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9668044/ /pubmed/36406294 http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.182 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. No modifications or commercial use of this article are permitted. In any reproduction of this article there should not be any suggestion that PAHO or this article endorse any specific organization or products. The use of the PAHO logo is not permitted. This notice should be preserved along with the article’s original URL. Open access logo and text by PLoS, under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
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