Elsevier

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volume 76, January–February 2023, Pages 49-56
Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Public policy for healthy living: How COVID-19 has changed the landscape

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Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had a transformational impact on public policy as governments played a leading role, working alongside and coordinating with business/industry, healthcare, public health, education, transportation, researchers, non-governmental organizations, philanthropy, and media/communications. This paper summarizes the impact of the pandemic on different areas of public policy affecting healthy living and cardiovascular health including prevention (i.e., nutrition, physical activity, air quality, tobacco use), risk factors for chronic disease (hypertension, diabetes, obesity, substance abuse), access to health care, care delivery and payment reform, telehealth and digital health, research, and employment policy. The paper underscores where public policy is evolving and where there are needs for future evidence base to inform policy development, and the intersections between the public and private sectors across the policy continuum. There is a continued need for global multi-sector coordination to optimize population health.

Keywords

Public policy
Prevention
Access to care
Payment reform
Telehealth
Digital health
Employment policy
Research

Abbreviations

COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019
CV
Cardiovascular
PA
Physical activity
SDOH
Social Determinants of Health

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