scholarly journals Improving access to oral healthcare for people experiencing homelessness is good for public health

2022 ◽  
Vol 142 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-12
Author(s):  
Robert Witton ◽  
Martha Paisi
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
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scholarly journals Public health is good for you

BMJ ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 319 (7216) ◽  
pp. 2-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Gibbs ◽  
N. Thalange
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
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Health, sustainability, and climate change

2013 ◽  
pp. 548-555
Author(s):  
David Pencheon ◽  
Sonia Roschnik ◽  
Paul Cosford
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Carbon Reduction ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
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This chapter will help you understand the relationships between health, health care, sustainability, climate change, and carbon reduction, locally and globally. The specific objectives of the chapter are to help you make the case for action by showing how health, health care, sustainable development, and climate change are linked positively such that what is good for mitigating climate change is also good for health and health care today, translate science into policy and practice and help move research and action about climate science into policy and practice, and engage a wide range of stakeholders and appreciate that, as in much public health practice, appropriate action comes from involving a diverse group of people through genuine engagement.

scholarly journals Increasing Access to Surgical Services for the Poor in Rural Haiti: Surgery as a Public Good for Public Health

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise C. Ivers ◽  
Evan S. Garfein ◽  
Josué Augustin ◽  
Maxi Raymonville ◽  
Alice T. Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Surgical Services ◽  
The Poor ◽  
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Triage in a Public Health Crisis

2020 ◽  
pp. 272-288
Author(s):  
James F. Childress
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Utility ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Health Crisis ◽  
Egalitarian Principle ◽  
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This chapter examines triage in a public health crisis resulting from a bioterrorist attack. Systems of triage, whether informal or formal, generally have an implicit or explicit utilitarian rationale—they are usually designed to produce the greatest good for the greatest number under conditions of scarcity. It is important to distinguish medical utility from social utility and, within the latter, between broad and narrow social utilitarian judgments. Judgments of broad social utility recognize the differential social value of people’s lives, whereas judgments of narrow social utility recognize the differential value of specific social functions and roles and assign priority to the individuals discharging certain functions and performing certain roles. Judgments of broad social utility infringe the egalitarian principle of equal regard in a way that judgments of medical utility do not. It is not justifiable to use broad social utility as a basis for rationing in general or in an emergency, but it is possible to justify triage based on medical utility and also on narrow social utility. Public trust will be essential in any public health crisis—hence, the public needs to have confidence that the procedures and standards of triage are fair and are fairly implemented.

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