A public health approach to imprisonment

A public health approach to gun violence.

A systems approach to public health

The modern burden of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and related conditions is the result of a complex web of interacting factors, with the individual sitting at the nexus of a network of biological, social, societal and environmental forces that together impact their risk of disease. Our biological predispositions to chronic diseases have origins deep in evol...

A public health approach to decreasing obesity.

In concert with clinical medicine, which addresses diseases in individuals, the public health approach targets behavioral, sociocultural, and environmental factors that contribute to disease and injury in populations. For example, over the last 40 years, coordinated government efforts and efforts and private sector initiatives decreased smoking prevalence by almost half through taxation of toba...

A personalist approach to public-health ethics.

First we give an overview of the historical development of public health. Then we present some public-health deontology codes and some ethical principles. We highlight difficulties in defining ethics for public health, with specific reference to three of them that concern: (i) the adaptability to public health of the classical principles of bioethics; (ii) the duty to respect and safeguard the ...

Imprisonment and women's health: concerns about gender sensitivity, human rights and public health.

The health of prisoners is among the poorest of any population group and the apparent inequalities pose both a challenge and an opportunity for country health systems. The high rates of imprisonment in many countries, the resulting overcrowding, characteristics of prison populations and the disproportionate prevalence of health problems in prison should make prison health a matter of public hea...