'Everywhere and nowhere': locating and understanding the 'new' public health

MacKian, Sara; Elliott, Heather; Busby, Helen and Popay, Jennie (2003). 'Everywhere and nowhere': locating and understanding the 'new' public health. Health & Place, 9(3) pp. 219–229.

DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link:	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1353-8292(02)00054-0
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Abstract

Public health was recently described as being ‘everywhere and nowhere’ (Br. Med.J. 319(7213)(1999)839). This image captures the idea that public health is shaped by a range of social, environmental and physiological influences, and that these are mapped across the activities and practices of a range of players. It also suggests it is difficult to capture the spaces of public health. This paper explores how theoretical and methodological developments in the social sciences, in particular ideas around reflexive modernisation, can help us to read the complex terrain of public health policy and practice, and visualise these spaces more clearly.

Item Type:	Journal Item
ISSN:	1353-8292
Keywords:	Mapping; Public health; Policy; Practice; Reflexive communities
Academic Unit/School:	Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Health, Wellbeing and Social Care Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
Interdisciplinary Research Centre:	OpenSpace Research Centre (OSRC) Health and Wellbeing PRA (Priority Research Area)
Item ID:	11899
Depositing User:	Sara MacKian
Date Deposited:	08 Oct 2008 12:35
Last Modified:	16 Aug 2017 15:42
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/11899
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