Paradigmatic obstacles to improving the health of populations: implications for health policy Obstáculos paradigmáticos para mejorar la salud de las poblaciones: implicaciones para las políticas de salud

While there are promising developments in public health, most interventions (both at the individual and community levels) remain focused on "downstream" tertiary treatments or one-on-one interventions. These efforts have their origins in the biomedical paradigm and risk factor epidemiology...

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Main Author: John B. McKinlay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 1998-07-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36341998000400010