ArticleJournal of bioethical inquiry2013
What does public health ethics tell (or not tell) us about intervening in non-communicable diseases?
Article in Journal of bioethical inquiry, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Recognizing the ethical complexity of food policies and the role of the food industry.Health promotion international · 2024Article
- Why have Non-communicable Diseases been Left Behind?Asian bioethics review · 2020Article
- Obesity, political responsibility, and the politics of needs.Medicine, health care, and philosophy · 2019Article
- Ethics and obesity prevention: ethical considerations in 3 approaches to reducing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages.American journal of public health · 2014Article
- In complement with Upshur's observations for obesity is the paucity of ethical analysis for allergy.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2013Article
- From personal misfortune to public liability.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2013Article
- A public health ethics approach to non-communicable diseases.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2013Article
- Public health ethics and obesity prevention: the trouble with data and ethics.Monash bioethics reviewArticle
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Abstract
Obesity has been described as pandemic and a public health crisis. It has been argued that concerted research efforts are needed to enhance our understanding and develop effective interventions for the complex and multiple dimensions of the health challenges posed by obesity. This would provide a secure evidence base in order to justify clinical interventions and public policy. This paper critically examines these claims through the examination of models of public health and public health ethics. I argue that the concept of an effective public health intervention is unclear and underdeveloped and, as a consequence, normative frameworks reliant on meeting the effectiveness criterion may miss morally salient dimensions of the problems. I conclude by arguing for the need to consider both an ecological model of public health and inclusion of a critical public health ethics perspective for an adequate account of the public health challenges posed by obesity.
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