ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2004
The importance of the past in public health.
Article in Journal of epidemiology and community health, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Historically informed quality improvement: applying historical insights from Black women's maternity care to contemporary health service redesign.International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care · 2026Article
- "Caregiving Youth" and the Patchwork History of Recognition in the United States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- History of the Growing Burden of Cancer in India: From Antiquity to the 21st Century.Journal of global oncology · 2019Review
- Alfred Russel Wallace and the antivaccination movement in Victorian England.Emerging infectious diseases · 2010Article
- "The public health call".Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2007Article
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Abstract
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objectiveTo explore the role of history in public health and its relevance to current practice and professional development.
designAn analysis of the issues surrounding the poor attention paid to the history of public health by its current practitioners.
settingThe paper is written from the perspective of practitioners in the UK but has wide applicability. MAIN
resultsThe paper makes the case that the current neglect of public health history is to the detriment of public health practice.
conclusionsThere is a strong case for more attention to be paid to public health history in professional formation, development, and communication.
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