Re-orienting public health
Rhetoric, challenges and possibilities for sustainability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15295686 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phil Hanlon (University of Glasgow), Sandra Carlisle (University of Glasgow, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 299-309 |
| Publication date | 2010-08-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0958-1596 • E-ISSN: 1469-3682 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09581596.2010.482581 |
| OpenAlex | W2092381489 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 26 |
We make a case in this article for re-orienting public health, based on evidence that societies across the globe are now facing inevitable change for which public health remains insufficiently prepared. We focus on the relationship between different sustainability ideals, displayed through rhetoric and discourse and the reality of a number of challenges in the 'modern' world. We briefly describe discernible elements of public and policy rhetoric around sustainability, as an important background for public health efforts, and present two significant public health discourses. We then outline some of the challenges to sustainability; some relate to the powerful social systems and cultural values associated with modernity, while others refer to broader environmental issues. These are not unconnected. We conclude by outlining the possibilities for sustainability, which include a transition to a more sustainable form of society that could lessen global inequalities, combat emerging problems, such as obesity, depression and addictive behaviours, and improve individual and social levels of well-being. We believe that this may well require a change of consciousness for a change of age, so the scope and scale of the required response should not be underestimated
Environmental ethics · Globe · Modernity · Political science · Public health · Rhetoric · Scope (computer science · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Law · Medicine · Psychology
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The Enemy of Nature
Climate change and human health
Climate change and human health
Overcoming policy cacophony on obesity
Managing the health effects of climate change
Prisoners of the Proximate
Food, livestock production, energy, climate change, and health
Approaches to an ecological base for public health
Modernity and Self-Identity
The Globalization of Addiction
The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies
On Defining the Good Life
The Division of Labour in Society
Wellbeing
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2017 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |