At the edge of individual cognitive-behavioural policies: how to walk the public health path to effectively improve population health?

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dc.contributor.authorCabieses, Báltica
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-18T13:04:24Z
dc.date.available2017-04-18T13:04:24Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractMost countries worldwide have recognised the significance of contextual social determinants of health (SDH) on population health. This essay challenges current public health views focused on individual risk-factors and motivates an evidence-informed debate in this matter. I argue that despite both international consensus and a growing body of evidence to support the relevance of addressing such more distant SDH through public policies, most governments remain focused on the modification of individual health-risk behaviours like smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, heavily fatted diets and lack of physical exercise. Decades after following this same policy path, many countries have not achieved the expected reduction in rates of health-risk behaviours, and some have even experienced an increase in these risky behaviours over time. Policies addressing contextual SDH might take longer to implement, but could be more effective in the long-run, as structural modifications promote more sustainable changes to a larger proportion of the population
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dc.identifier.citationSalud Publica de México, 2013, 55 (4):421-426
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11447/1161
dc.language.isospa
dc.publisherInstituto Nacional de Salud Pública de Mexico
dc.subjectpublic health
dc.subjectrisk factors
dc.subjecttherapeutics
dc.subjectsocial medicine
dc.subjecthealth inequalities
dc.titleAt the edge of individual cognitive-behavioural policies: how to walk the public health path to effectively improve population health?
dc.title.alternativeAl límite de políticas individuales cognitivo-conductuales: ¿hacia dónde ir en salud pública para mejorar de manera efectiva la salud poblacional?
dc.typeArtículo

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