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Social and behavioral determinants in public health: current perspectives

This paper highlights the importance of recognizing behavioral determinants in public health. Public health has evolved over the decades from those that focused on disease prevention to the all encompassing health promotion which places the interactive nature of participating components. Public heal...

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Main Author: Haliza Mohd. Riji,
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Language:English
Published: Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2004
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4450/1/2004-02nizam.pdf
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http://www.communityhealthjournal.org/detailarticle.asp?id=303&issue=Vol10(S):2004
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spelling my-ukm.journal.44502016-12-14T06:36:03Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4450/ Social and behavioral determinants in public health: current perspectives Haliza Mohd. Riji, This paper highlights the importance of recognizing behavioral determinants in public health. Public health has evolved over the decades from those that focused on disease prevention to the all encompassing health promotion which places the interactive nature of participating components. Public health occurs within cultural contexts within which social and behavioral factors play important roles. Though it has long been recognized that people's socioeconomic status, attitude and behavior hinder them from using the health services, the challenge to bring forth greater equity and centrality of people in public health remains to be realized. In the meantime, health professionals have to increase their health literacy - knowing and learning more about the people's perspectives. Topics of past and current importance that require more concern and research in public health are compliance, stigma, gender, health education messages. Finally, a call for multidisciplinary approaches in public health is made. Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2004 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4450/1/2004-02nizam.pdf Haliza Mohd. Riji, (2004) Social and behavioral determinants in public health: current perspectives. Jurnal Kesihatan Masyarakat, 10 (S). pp. 93-99. ISSN 1675-1663 http://www.communityhealthjournal.org/detailarticle.asp?id=303&issue=Vol10(S):2004
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description This paper highlights the importance of recognizing behavioral determinants in public health. Public health has evolved over the decades from those that focused on disease prevention to the all encompassing health promotion which places the interactive nature of participating components. Public health occurs within cultural contexts within which social and behavioral factors play important roles. Though it has long been recognized that people's socioeconomic status, attitude and behavior hinder them from using the health services, the challenge to bring forth greater equity and centrality of people in public health remains to be realized. In the meantime, health professionals have to increase their health literacy - knowing and learning more about the people's perspectives. Topics of past and current importance that require more concern and research in public health are compliance, stigma, gender, health education messages. Finally, a call for multidisciplinary approaches in public health is made.
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