Background and objective Given the heightened rhetorical prominence the World Health
Organization has afforded to equity in the past half-century, it is important to better …

The study of public health aims to protect and promote the wellbeing of the public as well as
reduce health inequalities. Public health ethics asks how far we should go to achieve these …

There are several strategies to promote health in individuals and populations. Two general
approaches to health promotion are behavior change and empowerment. The aim of this …

One important ethical issue for health promotion and public health work is to determine what
the goals for these practices should be. This paper will try to clarify what some of these goals …

The growing evidence base on the extent of and opportunities to reduce inequities in
children's health and development still lacks the specificity to inform clear policy decisions. A …

Public health has never been more important, or more controversial. What states do, and fail
to do, makes a significant difference to the lives we are able to lead. Putting public health …

Public health policies which involve active intervention to improve the health of the
population are often criticized as paternalistic. This article argues that it is a mistake to frame …

This paper aims to shed some light on the difficulties we face in constructing a generally
acceptable normative framework for thinking about public health. It argues that there are …

Health equity is increasingly identified as a principal goal to be achieved through public
health policies and activities. However, what is to be measured in the assessment of health …

The WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health revealed that there is a 28-year
disparity between the life expectancy in the poorest postcode and the richest postcode of …