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Global Health Economics and
Sustainability

PERSPECTIVE ARTICLE
Cost-effectiveness of promoting population

health management through education,
seminars, and participatory learning for

individuals diagnosed with chronic diseases

1
Linda Collins * , Levi Ross 2 , and Michael Preston 3
1 Department of Health and Human Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Southeastern
Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana, United States of America
2 Department of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond,
Louisiana, United States of America
3 Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
Indiana, United States of America

Abstract

Population health management is a sustainable, strategic, and interprofessional
Academic editor: collaboration that focuses on the health needs of individuals diagnosed with and
Mihajlo Jakovljevic M.D. Ph.D. MAE living with chronic diseases. A chronic disease is defined as a longstanding health
condition that persists for more than a year and requires ongoing medical care, such
*Corresponding author:
Linda Collins as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. Since many chronic diseases are incurable,
(lcollins@southeastern.edu) the management and financial burden of chronic diseases remain significant
Citation: Collins, L., Ross, concerns for individuals, clinicians, and health-care systems. Preventing and
L., Preston, M. (2025). managing chronic diseases through health promotion and education continues to
Cost-effectiveness of promoting be a fundamental cost-effective strategy. Educational seminars and participatory
population health management
through education, seminars, and learning for individuals with chronic diseases play an important role in improving
participatory learning for individuals health outcomes and reducing health-care costs. This perspective aims to highlight
diagnosed with chronic diseases. objective insights into how health education contributes to cost-effectiveness and
Global Health Econ Sustain,
3(1):64-68. strategic population health management.
https://doi.org/10.36922/ghes.3089
Received: March 5, 2024 Keywords: Cost; Education; Effectiveness; Health; Management; Population
Revised: May 3, 2024
Accepted: May 16, 2024
Published online: August 30, 2024 1. Introduction
Copyright: © 2024 Author(s). Population health management is a sustainable, strategic, and interprofessional
This is an Open-Access article
distributed under the terms of the collaboration that focuses on the health needs of individuals diagnosed with and living
Creative Commons Attribution with chronic diseases (Struijs et al., 2015). A chronic disease is defined as a longstanding
License, permitting distribution, health condition that persists for more than a year and requires ongoing medical care,
and reproduction in any medium,
provided the original work is such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes (CDC, 2022). Since many chronic diseases
properly cited. are incurable, managing and addressing the extensive financial commitments involved
Publisher’s Note: AccScience remain significant concerns for individuals, clinicians, and health-care systems (Oksman
Publishing remains neutral with et al., 2017). Globally, an estimated 10 million deaths are attributed to chronic diseases,
regard to jurisdictional claims in
published maps and institutional many of which are preventable through the adoption of healthy behaviors; failure to
affiliations. adopt a healthy lifestyle has a significant economic impact (Violán et al., 2014). A cost-

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