Bridging individual and population perspectives: a qualitative inquiry into health activation with population health experts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Population health activation is thought to extend beyond individual patient engagement, emphasising community-wide participation in health management. This contrasts with the original patient activation measure developed by Hibbard and colleagues in 2010. This qualitative study thus investigates how population health experts conceptualise health activation on a population level.

Methods

Adopting a critical realist epistemology, semi-structured interviews were conducted with experts from health policy, health care systems, and community health across various institutions in Singapore. Purposive sampling was used to recruit experts with over five years of relevant experience. Interviews, lasting approximately 60 min each, were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, a

SUBMITTER: Ng QX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12717745 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature