Using the case of the B.C. Interior Health Authority, the paper teases out some of the bases for practical success and failure in advancing population health in a regionalized health system.
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Some good resources in this regard are Capacity Building in Health Promotion, Better Health Good Healthcare, Australian Centre for Health Promotion, NSW Health (2000), available at http://www.health.nsw.gov.au and the various publications by the Primary and Community Health Branch, Victoria State Government, Australia, available at http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/phkb.
