scholarly journals Current Priorities for Public Health Practice in Addressing the Role of Human Genomics in Improving Population Health

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 486-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muin J. Khoury ◽  
Michael S. Bowen ◽  
Wylie Burke ◽  
Ralph J. Coates ◽  
Nicole F. Dowling ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Human Genomics

scholarly journals The role of researchers in disseminating evidence to public health practice settings: a cross-sectional study

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Allese B. McVay ◽  
Katherine A. Stamatakis ◽  
Julie A. Jacobs ◽  
Rachel G. Tabak ◽  
Ross C. Brownson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

Ethics in Public Health Practice

2021 ◽  
pp. 137-174
Author(s):  
Robert E. McKeown
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Common Element ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Means And Ends ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Preventive Ethics

This chapter outlines a foundation for addressing ethical concerns in public health practice, which is informed by the approach of Alasdair MacIntyre's definition of practice. It talks about the goal of public health and views practice as directed toward fulfillment of that goal and related goods, providing a common ground on which to base further discussions. It cites the foundational values of public health practice in identifying the common moral governance. It also looks at a common element of recent arguments on the importance and value of health that is necessarily for human well-being and flourishing, a perspective essential for discussions of the role of human rights and equity in public health ethics. The chapter delves into considerations of value that are related to the ends of public health but are also critical in the assessment and implementation of how those ends are achieved. It highlights the task of ethics that involves a continuing examination of means and ends in an iterative process. Though written before the COVID-19 pandemic, the chapter addresses the importance of public health preparedness for disasters and pandemics, including an outline of Preventive Ethics as central to ethical planning and implementation of public health prevention and response.

scholarly journals The Role of Public Health Inspectors in Maintaining Housing in Northern and Rural Communities: Recommendations to Support Public Health Practice

2012 ◽  
Vol 103 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Lefebvre ◽  
Phyllis Montgomery ◽  
Isabelle Michel ◽  
Claire Warren ◽  
Tricia Larose ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Health Practice

Health Inequities, HIV, and Public Health Practice: Examining the Role of Qualitative Research

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick O’Byrne
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Data Collection Strategy ◽  
Antonio Negri ◽  
And Control ◽  
Public Health Strategies

Although communicable disease public health practice has traditionally been based on numbers (e.g., incidence, prevalence), in the domain of HIV prevention and control qualitative research has recently become a more commonly employed data collection strategy. Of particular benefit, this approach can supplement the numbers which typically underpin public health strategies by generating in-depth understandings about how specific populations define, describe, and perceive their health and the factors that affect it. However, the use of qualitative research in public health must be explored; it cannot simply be accepted without reflection or analysis. To guide such an investigation, the work of Michel Foucault and Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri is used to examine two previous research projects that were undertaken by the author. The outcome of this analysis is the somewhat paradoxical conclusion that although qualitative research can enhance public health work, it may also be a strategy that generates the information that can be used for capturing and normalizing marginalized populations. Qualitative research, in other words, may be a technique that can be used to achieve biopolitical goals.

Role of Risk Assessment in Public Health Practice

1998 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher T. De Rosa ◽  
Yee-Wan Stevens ◽  
Barry L. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Health Practice
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