ReviewJournal of epidemiology and community health2020
Scientific challenges for precision public health.
Review in Journal of epidemiology and community health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ethical issues raised by artificial intelligence and big data in population health: a scoping review.Frontiers in sociology · 2025Pooled it
- Unveiling the Influence of AI on Advancements in Respiratory Care: Narrative Review.Interactive journal of medical research · 2024Review
- Precision public health in the era of genomics and big data.Nature medicine · 2024Review
- Precision prevention in worksite health-A scoping review on research trends and gaps.PloS one · 2024Article
- Precision Epidemiology: A Computational Analysis of the Impact of Algorithmic Prediction on the Relationship Between Population Epidemiology and Clinical Epidemiology.International journal of public health · 2024Article
- Precision prevention in occupational health: a conceptual analysis and development of a unified understanding and an integrative framework.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Evaluation of a Targeted COVID-19 Community Outreach Intervention: Case Report for Precision Public Health.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
- Advancing precision public health for obesity in children.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2023Review
- Causes of Outcome Learning: a causal inference-inspired machine learning approach to disentangling common combinations of potential causes of a health outcome.International journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Mapping precision public health definitions, terminology and applications: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Gene-environment interactions related to maternal exposure to environmental and lifestyle-related chemicals during pregnancy and the resulting adverse fetal growth: a review.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2022Review
- Precision Public Health for Non-communicable Diseases: An Emerging Strategic Roadmap and Multinational Use Cases.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Rethinking approaches of science, technology, and innovation in healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: the challenge of translating knowledge infrastructures to public needs.Health research policy and systems · 2021Article
- Linking physical and social environments with mental health in old age: a multisensor approach for continuous real-life ecological and emotional assessment.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2021Article
- Improving Mental Health Services: A 50-Year Journey from Randomized Experiments to Artificial Intelligence and Precision Mental Health.Administration and policy in mental health · 2020Article
- Toward a Symbiotic Perspective on Public Health: Recognizing the Ambivalence of Microbes in the Anthropocene.Microorganisms · 2020Article
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Abstract
The notion of 'precision' public health has been the subject of much debate, with recent articles coming to its defence following the publication of several papers questioning its value.Critics of precision public health raise the following problems and questionable assumptions: the inherent limits of prediction for individuals; the limits of approaches to prevention that rely on individual agency, in particular the potential for these approaches to widen inequalities; the undue emphasis on the supposed new information contained in individuals' molecules and their 'big data' at the expense of their own preferences for a particular intervention strategy and the diversion of resources and attention from the social determinants of health.In order to refocus some of these criticisms of precision public health as scientific questions, this article outlines some of the challenges when defining risk for individuals; the limitations of current theory and study design for precision public health; and the potential for unintended harms.
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