The critical need for a population health approach: Addressing the nation's behavioral health during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Abstract

The COVID-19 global pandemic highlights the necessity for a population health approach to identify and implement strategies across systems to improve behavioral health. Adopting a population health approach helps to address the needs of the total population, including at-risk subgroups, through multiple levels of intervention and to promote the public's behavioral health and psychological well-being.