TY - JOUR

T1 - Public health strategies in Sheffield and England: a comparison of conceptual foundations.

AU - Thomas, Carol

PY - 1993

Y1 - 1993

N2 - This paper compares the conceptual foundations of two recent UK public health strategy documents: Our City Our Health, a discussion document associated with the Healthy Sheffield initiative, and the British Government's The Health of the Nation as applied to England. The aspects of the conceptual foundations considered are, firstly, the definitions of health employed, and secondly, the conceptualization of the determinants of health. The question posed is: how do these compare with current knowledge about the nature of health and the social processes and factors which shape health for better or worse? Key findings in recent British research on concepts of health and the determination of health are reviewed as the basis for comparison.

AB - This paper compares the conceptual foundations of two recent UK public health strategy documents: Our City Our Health, a discussion document associated with the Healthy Sheffield initiative, and the British Government's The Health of the Nation as applied to England. The aspects of the conceptual foundations considered are, firstly, the definitions of health employed, and secondly, the conceptualization of the determinants of health. The question posed is: how do these compare with current knowledge about the nature of health and the social processes and factors which shape health for better or worse? Key findings in recent British research on concepts of health and the determination of health are reviewed as the basis for comparison.

KW - public health strategy

KW - health determinants

KW - health promotion

U2 - 10.1093/heapro/8.4.299

DO - 10.1093/heapro/8.4.299

M3 - Journal article

VL - 8

SP - 299

EP - 307

JO - Health Promotion International

JF - Health Promotion International

SN - 1460-2245

IS - 4

ER -