Does New Public Health still reqiure individuals to take some level of responsibility for their health?
Sender: Melanie Fuller Subject: Re: Individual responsibility Date: 04-SEP-2002 Attachment: N/A Message: >Does New Public Health still reqiure individuals to take >some level of responsibility for their health? Yes, it does. However, it also recognises the effect of social determinants on health. It aims to empower individuals to make healthy lifestyle choices. Sender: John Germov Subject: Re: Individual responsibility Date: 03-SEP-2002 Attachment: N/A Message: >Does New Public Health still reqiure individuals to take >some level of responsibility for their health? The answer to your question is Yes. However, the New Public Health approach uses a combined approach focusing on both individual and social responsibility for health. The New Public Health (NPH) approach links ‘old’ public health concerns about hygiene, sanitation, clean air and water, and combines them with a concern for the role played by lifestyle factors/individual behaviour, community and social determinants. NPH focuse
