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Transcending the Known in Public Health Practice
- Source :
- American Journal of Public Health. 98:216-221
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- American Public Health Association, 2008.
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Abstract
- Using the concept of vulnerable populations, we examine how disparities in health may be exacerbated by population-approach interventions. We show, from an etiologic perspective, how life-course epidemiology, the concentration of risk factors, and the concept of fundamental causes of diseases may explain the differential capacity, throughout the risk-exposure distribution, to transform resources provided through population-approach interventions into health. From an intervention perspective, we argue that population-approach interventions may be compromised by inconsistencies between the social and cultural assumptions of public health practitioners and targeted groups. We propose some intervention principles to mitigate the health disparities associated with population-approach interventions.
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty
Letter
Inequality
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Population
Vulnerability
Psychological intervention
Government, Politics, and Law
Vulnerable Populations
fluids and secretions
Risk Factors
Intervention (counseling)
parasitic diseases
Development economics
Epidemiology
Humans
Medicine
education
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education.field_of_study
Cultural Characteristics
business.industry
Public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health Status Disparities
Health equity
Epidemiologic Studies
Social Conditions
Public Health
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15410048 and 00900036
- Volume :
- 98
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American Journal of Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0f322106bc5d28aea0fed10cfae3b322