Does size really matter? Weight and values in public health

A Jutel - Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 2001 - muse.jhu.edu
… This paper examines the problematic manners in which some national health policies regard
the problems of overweight and obesity. It contends that concepts of aesthetics, grounded …

Black lives matter: a commentary on racism and public health

J Jee-Lyn García, MZ Sharif - … journal of public health, 2015 - ajph.aphapublications.org
… field of public health. The intent of our commentary is to (1) acknowledge racism as a … public
health concern, (2) distinguish between the constructs of race and racism for public health, (3…

[HTML][HTML] What is sexual wellbeing and why does it matter for public health?

KR Mitchell, R Lewis, LF O'Sullivan… - … Lancet Public Health, 2021 - thelancet.com
… that challenges our accepted thinking, and has far-reaching global applications in public
health … However, our interest in expanding recognition of the public health relevance of sexual …

Matter beginning to matter: On posthumanist understandings of the vital emergence of health

GJ Andrews, C Duff - Social Science & Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
… intelligence extends capabilities but ultimately challenges human primacy, creating concerns
for safeguards and limits. (vii) Technocratic policy and practice proxies for health – such as …

Obesity stigma: important considerations for public health

RM Puhl, CA Heuer - American journal of public health, 2010 - ajph.aphapublications.org
… examine public health implications of weight stigma, an issue … stigma and public health,
and emotional and physical healthpublic health tool for reducing obesity or improving health. …

[HTML][HTML] Why is changing health-related behaviour so difficult?

MP Kelly, M Barker - Public health, 2016 - Elsevier
… Leaving aside the question of whether the industry itself might just behave more
responsibly, these three different public health issues immediately suggest that the origins, the …

What's measured is what matters: targets and gaming in the English public health care system

G Bevan, C Hood - Public administration, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
… And if, as this analysis has shown, there are significant gaming problems in public health
care that cannot be prevented by measurement systems that produce a fully robust M[α g ], then …

Who's your nanny? Choice, paternalism and public health in the age of personal responsibility

LF Wiley, ML Berman, D Blanke - Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2013 - cambridge.org
… We need to lay out a public health vision about why our public health problems cannot
be addressed through education and personal initiative alone, and why we need to work …

A qualitative investigation of vaccine risk perception amongst parents who immunize their children: a matter of public health concern

N Raithatha, R Holland, S Gerrard… - … of Public Health, 2003 - academic.oup.com
… This study identifies that parents who immunize their children have significant concerns
about associated risks. Vaccine risk acceptability is not simply balanced against the risk posed …

After September 11: rethinking public health federalism

WE Parmet - Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2002 - cambridge.org
… By itself, this doctrine would probably not have a direct impact on federal public health
issues except to the extent that we recognize that equality plays a sigtllficant role in creating the …