Chapter 2 Flashcards
What is the mission of Public Health problems as defined by the Institute of Medicine?
“Fulfilling society’s interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy”
People with higher incomes tend to be:
Healthier
Was the early history of public health tied with social reform?
Yes.
Public health and social reform:
19th century reformer campaigned for improved housing, trade unions, the abolition of child labor, maternal and child health and temperance
What is Market Justice?
Emphasizes individual responsibility minimal obligation to the common good
Under market justice, what happens?
Powerful forces of environment, heredity and social structure and social structure prevent the fair distribution of society
What does social justice suggest?
That minimal levels of income, basic housing, employment, education and healthcare should be seen as fundamental rights
Political conservatives support what version of public health?
PRefer to limit public health to a technical enterprise that’s focused on controlling communicable disease
Why do conservatives have such a limited view of public health?
Encouraged by pysicians that were concerned with government encroachment on their economic and professional independence; their political power helped to limit federal health funding
How were concerns about the environment in the 1960s dealt with
With the traditional public health system and separate agencies were set up to deal with them
The notion that the government has a responsibility to provide the citizens with medical care is often considered to be
socialist
What do most public health measures do to the economy
Negative economic impact. Thus, any new proposal is going to inspire opposition from some people
What are examples of industries resisting change?
Milk producers resist pasturization, landlords resist building codes, automobile manufacturers resist design changes to improve safety
Tobacco and public health
Tobacco industry provides a lot of job but they are bad
Tragedy of the commons
Hardin uses the tragedy of the commons. Describes a pasture open to all herdsmen in a community. The land can support a limited number of grazing cattle.
