ArticleAmerican journal of public health2010
Health capability: conceptualization and operationalization.
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67 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Factors Determining the Burden of a Caregiver Providing Care to a Post-Stroke Patient.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- How Are You Doing… Really? A Review of Whole Person Health Assessments.The Milbank quarterly · 2025Review
- Exploring the application of the capability approach to the health and well-being of Indigenous Peoples: a scoping review.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Review
- A more equitable approach to economic evaluation: Directly developing conceptual capability wellbeing attributes for Tanzania and Malawi.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2024Article
- Health communication for AMR behaviour change: Zimbabwean students' relationships with the microbial world.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2023Article
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- Expanding Social Network Conceptualization, Measurement, and Theory: Lessons from Transnational Refugee Populations.Journal of applied social science · 2023Article
- Factors affecting ability of TB patients to follow treatment guidelines - applying a capability approach.International journal for equity in health · 2023Article
- The Profound Implications of the Meaning of Health for Health Care and Health Equity.The Milbank quarterly · 2023Article
- Predicting Athlete Intentions for Using Sports Complexes in the Post-Pandemic Era.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Current theoretical approaches to bioethics and public health ethics propose varied justifications as the basis for health care and public health, yet none captures a fundamental reality: people seek good health and the ability to pursue it. Existing models do not effectively address these twin goals. The approach I espouse captures both of these orientations through a concept here called health capability. Conceptually, health capability illuminates the conditions that affect health and one's ability to make health choices. By respecting the health consequences individuals face and their health agency, health capability offers promise for finding a balance between paternalism and autonomy. I offer a conceptual model of health capability and present a health capability profile to identify and address health capability gaps.
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