http://heapro.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/dah608v1
Towards a politics of health
Clare Bambra, Debbie Fox, Alex Scott-Samuel
Abstract
The importance of public policy as a determinant of health
is routinely acknowledged, but there remains a continuing
absence of mainstream debate about the ways in which the
politics, power and ideology, which underpin public policy
influence people's health. This paper explores the possible
reasons behind the absence of a politics of health and
demonstrates how explicit acknowledgement of the political
nature of health will lead to more effective health
promotion strategy and policy, and to more realistic and
evidence-based public health and health promotion practice.
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