Health for all
A public health vision
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11034865 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William H McBeath (American Public Health Association, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1560-1565 |
| Publication date | 1991-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.81.12.1560 |
| PMID | 1746649 |
| OpenAlex | W2070812401 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 2 |
The approach of a millennial passage invites public health to a review of past performance and a preview of future prospects toward assuring a healthy public. Since the 1974 Canadian Lalonde report, the best national plans for health progress have emphasized disease prevention and health promotion. WHO's multinational Health for All by the Year 2000 promotes basic health services essential to leading a socially and economically productive life. Healthy People 2000, the latest US guide, establishes three goals: increase healthy life span, reduce health disparities, and achieve universal access to preventive services. Its objectives can be used to excite public understanding, equip program development, evaluate progress, and encourage public accountability for health initiatives. Needed is federal leadership in defining requisite action and securing necessary resources. Elsewhere a "new public health" emphasizes community life-style and multisectoral "healthy public policy." In the United States, a national health program is needed to achieve equity in access to personal health care. Even more essential is equitable sharing in basic health determinants in society--nutritious food, basic education, safe water, decent housing, secure employment, adequate income, and peace. Vital to such a future is able and active leadership now from governments and public health professionals
Accountability · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health care · Health education · Health equity · Health promotion · International health · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Medicine · Nursing · Public Health Policies and Education · Health Policy
The American Culture of Caring
Community Participation in Health Promotion
The characteristics of northern black churches with community health outreach programs
Universal Coverage and Public Health
Black leaders' perceptions of the year 2000 public health goals for black Americans
Population Health in Canada
Equity, Accessibility, and Ethical Issues
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1993 - 2003 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |