Population health at ProCare

Insights from Our Picture of Health and our five-year strategy help shape how we respond to community needs and improve health outcomes across life stages and diverse populations. 

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Population Health Needs Analysis - Our Picture of Health

Our Picture of Health is an innovative ProCare report providing insights into the health needs of more than 850,000 enrolled patients, complete in 2018. 

Report author Dr Susan Wells, Associate Professor at Auckland University, understands this was at the time of launch the first comprehensive health needs analysis undertaken by a PHO whose patients span three Auckland District Health Board (DHB) catchments. 

Read our picture of health here
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Our Population Health Strategy

Following the publication of Our Picture of Health a Population Health Strategy has been development. 

The ProCare Population Health Strategy follows a life stage approach and will guide clinical care and practice over the next five years. 

Read our population health overview here
Read our population health strategy five year plan here

Our five foundation areas for population health 

In 2018, ProCare published Our Picture of Health - a landmark analysis of more than 850,000 enrolled patients. This work identified five key areas of focus across life stages, forming the basis of our Population Health Strategy. 

Learn about the five priority areas in the videos below and how they guide our approach to improving health outcomes. 

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    1. Healthy Start to Life

    Learn more about our strategy to improve the health and welling of newborns and their Whānau. 

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    2. Youth Engagement

    Learn more about our youth engagement strategy to ensure that young people know how to access primary health care. 

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    3. Wellbeing

    Our collective goal is to engage and enable individuals of all ages to improve their wellbeing.  

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    4. Long Term Conditions (LTC)

    To support New Zealanders living with LTC, ProCare aims to improve the care process and reduce equities.  

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    5. Quality Of Life

    Getting older can be tough so we are aiming to improve quality of life as people age. This strategy also aims to increase the life expectancy for Māori and Pacific people. 

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