The evaluation of public health education initiatives on smoking and lung cancer: an ethical critique

Tod, Angela; Allmark, Peter; Peckham, Stephen; Hann, Alison

doi:10.1332/policypress/9781847421029.003.0005

“…Unfortunately, health promotion can harm. Allmark et al looked at how public health education initiatives relating to smoking had been evaluated between 1992 and 2004 (Allmark et al 2010). They found that the evaluation was done purely on behavior, namely, whether people stopped smoking or did not take it up; if so, the initiative was judged successful.…”

Section: Hidden Harmsmentioning

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Health Promotion in Public Health: Philosophical Analysis

Allmark¹

2017

Handbook of the Philosophy of Medicine

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Health promotion can reasonably be viewed as a major element in public health work. The latter was defined around a century ago as "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts of society." Health promotion involves (i) health education, such as advertising; (ii) illness prevention, such as screening; and (iii) legislation, such as banning smoking in public places. Although it has older roots, it is largely a phenomenon of the mid-twentieth century and beyond. Three factors stimulated

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“…Unfortunately, health promotion can harm. Allmark et al looked at how public health education initiatives relating to smoking had been evaluated between 1992 and 2004 (Allmark et al 2010). They found that the evaluation was done purely on behavior, namely, whether people stopped smoking or did not take it up; if so, the initiative was judged successful.…”

Section: Hidden Harmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Health Promotion in Public Health: Philosophical Analysis

Allmark

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2015

Handbook of the Philosophy of Medicine

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Health promotion can reasonably be viewed as a major element in public health work. The latter was defined around a century ago as "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts of society." Health promotion involves (i) health education, such as advertising; (ii) illness prevention, such as screening; and (iii) legislation, such as banning smoking in public places. Although it has older roots, it is largely a phenomenon of the mid-twentieth century and beyond. Three factors stimulated

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Health Promotion in Public Health: Philosophical Analysis

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The evaluation of public health education initiatives on smoking and lung cancer: an ethical critique

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